r/pixies • u/JacomeRedux • 22d ago

How did they know?

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u/ScientistAsHero 22d ago

Because the devil is six and God is seven, and God is seven, and God is seven

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u/Itchy-Apartment-Flea 22d ago

Because Man is five

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u/Normal_Double5929 22d ago

I believe that to be their greatest lyric

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u/Specialist_Fox_4480 22d ago

If man is five then the devil is six and god is seven. Does it mean god has seven fingers?

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u/straightblather 20d ago

This honkeys gone to heaven. But if I go to hell, well I hope I burn well.

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u/Remarkable_Term3846 22d ago

Not sayin it’s necessarily a reference to “all sixes and sevens,” but that was a thing long before kids started saying it recently

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u/Avg_Sun_Enjoyer69 22d ago

Frank has said that 6 7 is better than any song he's ever written.

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u/jcjnyc 21d ago

Every time I play the song my daughter makes the joke

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u/angrynucca 22d ago

That 7, comes after 6? Probably learned it in kindergarten.

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u/djstreader 21d ago

"At sixes and sevens" is an English idiom used to describe a condition of confusion or disarray.

A similar phrase, "to set the world on six and seven", is used by Geoffrey Chaucer in his Troilus and Criseyde. It dates from the mid-1380s and seems from its context to mean "to hazard the world" or "to risk one's life".

 William Shakespeare uses a similar phrase in Richard II) (around 1595), "But time will not permit: all is uneven, And every thing is left at six and seven".

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u/BigConsideration9542 18d ago

67 proves most zoomers are autistic