Sixty six

“If you ever plan to motor west,
Travel my way, take the highway that is best.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.
It winds from Chicago to LA,
More than two thousand miles all the way.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six”.

Route 66 – Bobby Troup

Sixty six is:

…when you want to subtly tell someone to look behind themselves, you tell them to check their 6 o’clock. When you’re trying to tell someone to look at someone behind someone behind them, you say – “Check your sixty-six“.

“Bro, check your sixty-six.” (he looks behind himself)
“Meh, I’m not into blondes.”
“I said sixty-six. The girl behind the blonde is a redhead.”

The Urban Dictionary

Sixty-six (or Schnapsen) is:

…a fast 5- or 6-card point-trick game of the marriage type for 2–4 players, played with 20 or 24 cards. First recorded in 1718 under the name Mariagen-Spiel, it is the national card game of Austria and also popular in Germany and Hungary.

Sixty six is:

…for Bingo – “Clickety click – sixty six!”.

Sixty six is:

…the date of a celebrated (and extremely rare!) English footie World Cup win back in the day. You know – “Two world wars… etc, etc!.

Sixty six is:

… a Fender guitar. The Sixty-Six, so named for the birth year of the Jazz Bass and its six strings, fits perfectly in the Alternate Reality Series, which aims to dive into Fender’s tradition of interesting body styles and tonal configurations and create uniquely compelling instruments.

Sixty six is:

…an Angel Number that carries a message from our angels about abundance, optimism, and creativity.

Sixty six is:

…one more than 65 in number!

…and of course – as of a few days ago – my new age!