With the Number of the Beast back in the news – Let him that hath understanding count the number of the Beast for it is the number of a man and his number is six hundred threescore six, writes St John the Divine in his Book of Revelation – we’re a little worried about letting today’s issue go out with its proper number – perhaps we should think of it as 1,665A: the association of the harmless little number with the Devil has caused the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Centre in Swansea to stop issuing car number plates with 666 on them; that’s easy enough, and our problem is a transitory one, but IBM Corp is stuck with it – it’s main corporate public relations phone number in Armonk, New York is 914-765-6666.
