| Jun 4, 2006 @ 11:01 PM |
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spongebob777
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I was thinking about taking a ride over that way this week to see what's going on. Any of you other Michiganders planning on going to Hell for the 6th? 
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| Jun 4, 2006 @ 11:03 PM |
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Jankia
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Well,there not Michiganders but while your there please give the Brewers a thumbs up for me. 
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| Jun 4, 2006 @ 11:04 PM |
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TiNkErGrRrRrR
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I`ve never been there...but then I`ve never been to Paris either and thats not far away.. 
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| Jun 4, 2006 @ 11:06 PM |
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spongebob777
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When I lived in Evart we used to take the kids over to Paris to the hatchery to catch trout about twice a month. I grew up in Hanover, near Moscow.
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| Jun 4, 2006 @ 11:20 PM |
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sleeping_beauty
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mmm.... i'm confused here...does the US government starts relocating European cities in Michigan? 
but hell? satan must have had lots of followers there.
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| Jun 4, 2006 @ 11:23 PM |
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spongebob777
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It's what happens when a nation is settled by Europeans. I live in the Irish hills region of Michigan myself.
but hell? satan must have had lots of followers there
I don't think anyone really knows why the town is called Hell.
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| Jun 4, 2006 @ 11:28 PM |
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sleeping_beauty
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I'm still puzzled why Satan also relocated Hell in Michigan. You aren't one of his apostle are you? 
Now that gives me creeps. I can't help imagining natives of Michigan to have tails on their backs.
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| Jun 4, 2006 @ 11:31 PM |
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spongebob777
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You aren't one of his apostle are you?
Oh no. My real name is John and I don't have a tail on my back.
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| Jun 4, 2006 @ 11:34 PM |
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ChgoSingleDad
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You should come to Illinois...
We have Milan, Mareilles, Cairo, and Vienna.... and, in keeping with the way Illinois is.. they are prounounced (MY-lan, MARsails, Kayro, and VY-enna) remember that... oh yeah... there is also Des Plaines, and La Salle County, which is pronounce "Lay-sil" County". Pronounce them like they should be, and the locals will remind you of the "proper" pronunciation.... And, then, there is Carlock, Illinois... I stopped there at a gas station, while on my way to Peoria for a family thing....and I just had to ask the gas station clerk, if the next town over was named "Door Handle" I am such a smart ass....
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| Jun 4, 2006 @ 11:45 PM |
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spongebob777
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Isn't Lick Skillet in Illinois?
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| Jun 4, 2006 @ 11:45 PM |
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kattsmeow
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Hell, Mich., Heats Up for 6-6-6
HELL, Mich. (AP) - They're planning a hot time in Hell on Tuesday. The day bears the date of 6-6-06, or abbreviated as 666 - a number that carries hellish significance. And there's not a snowball's chance in Hell that the day will go unnoticed in the unincorporated hamlet 60 miles west of Detroit.
Nobody is more fired up than John Colone, the town's self-styled mayor and owner of a souvenir shop.
"I've got '666' T-shirts and mugs. I'm only ordering 666 (of the items) so once they're gone, that's it," said Colone, also known as Odum Plenty. "Everyone who comes will get a letter of authenticity saying you've celebrated June 6, 2006, in Hell."
Most of Colone's wares will sell for $6.66, including deeds to one square inch of Hell.
Live entertainment and a costume contest are planned. The Gates of Hell should be installed at a children's play area in time for the festivities.
"They're 8 feet tall and 5 foot wide and each gate looks like flames, and when they're closed, it's a devil's head," Colone told The Detroit News for a Saturday story.
Mike "Smitty" Hickey, owner of the Dam Site Inn, wasn't sure what kind of clientele would show up Tuesday.
"We're all about having fun here. I don't think we're going to get the cult crowd, the devil worshippers or anything like that," said Hickey, whose bar's signature concoction is the Bloody Devil, a variant of the Bloody Mary.
Colone, meanwhile, has been in touch with radio stations as far away as San Diego and Seattle that are raffling off trips to Hell in honor of 6-6-6.
The 666 revelry is just the latest chapter in the town's storied history of publicity stunts, said Jason LeTeff, one of its 72 year-round residents - or, as the mayor calls them, Hellions or Hell-billies. But LeTeff wasn't particularly enthused.
"Now, here I am living in Hell, taking my kids to church and trying to teach them the right things and the town where we live is having a 6-6-6 party," he said.
According to the town's semiofficial Web site, there are two leading theories about how Hell got its name.
The first holds that a pair of German travelers stepped out of a stagecoach one sunny afternoon in the 1830s, and one said to the other, "So schoene hell" - roughly translated as, "So bright and beautiful." Their comments were overheard by some locals and the name stuck.
The second holds that George Reeves was asked after Michigan gained statehood what he thought the town he helped settle should be called, and reportedly replied, "I don't care, you can name it Hell if you want to." The name became official on Oct. 13, 1841.
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| Jun 5, 2006 @ 1:16 AM |
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nah12
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read that earlier today Katt...i think it would be a blast......besides i get told i'm going or to go to hell everyday at least.......  
As they said "Fun in Hell on 666"
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| Jun 5, 2006 @ 1:24 AM |
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Classy_Blonde
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Mustn't forget my handbasket.
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| Jun 5, 2006 @ 1:37 AM |
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sweet5red
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Mustn't forget my handbasket.
needed that laugh C now wonder i love ya..  sweet N Louisiana
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| Jun 5, 2006 @ 1:38 AM |
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SunBabe
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Took the words right outta my mouth, Classy. TFF. 
omg, "666 in Hell" I'm just disappointed that Travelzoo didn't clue me into this one  I would have made reservations...with NO resevations Sounds like delightfully wicked fun!
(And ~sigh~ I wonder how many - including a fanatical fellow forumite - will take these upcoming irreverant revelleries seriously...and not in the Spirit ~snicker~ they are intended )
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| Jun 5, 2006 @ 1:13 PM |
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kattsmeow
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Well, for one thing I don't think you will have to pay money to go to hell. 
My husband decided that we will go back to Michigan in the winter and inform anyone that owes us money,, that yes, time to pay up, Hell has frozen over!
I will have to say for this very small "town" they will have a lot of visitors for a day.
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| Jun 5, 2006 @ 1:22 PM |
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TiNkErGrRrRrR
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You could always get off in Climax before you go to Hell..Michigan that is...
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| Jun 5, 2006 @ 1:30 PM |
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willsmalto
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go to hell? hell no, I'm a saint
well, Hell is one of my dream places. would like to visit it someday
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| Jun 5, 2006 @ 1:36 PM |
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Loreli
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Sounds like a hell of a good time!
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| Jun 5, 2006 @ 4:36 PM |
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definitelydi
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Geez...I kinda automatically assumed I was going to hell at this point. Make mine a nice Longaberger basket if ya don't mind!
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