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From The Progressive Farmer, November 1958

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[-] calliope@retrolemmy.com 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The medicine's name was said 'Six-sixty-six', not 'six-six-six'. Radio ads for the medicine had the following jingle, sung to the tune of Farmer in the Dell:

Six-sixty-six
Six-sixty-six
Colds make you feel so bad,
Take Six-sixty-six

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It also explains why it’s called that (it was the next number in the original pharmacist’s prescription book).

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This makes it so much better.
I can almost hear the chime.

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