600 Shekels Of Iron, 600 Consecutive Blips

"And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him."

But a fifteen pound spearhead couldn't save Goliath from the stone fired by David's slingshot, which hit him in the middle of his forehead.

I learnt about the spearhead this morning whilst searching for something to tog on a 600 theme. Whilst I was on hold to Eon about a new electricity supply for The Homestead land, I read Fraser Nelson on Clacton. "Carswell's personal popularity is such that the first polls suggested he would walk to victory. So Tory central command decided that they should lose as quietly as possible. Why send Boris with a sword and shield if he was likely to be felled by a Carswell catapult?"

And then I read, "UKIP Comes Within 600 Votes Of Defeating Labour In Greater Manchester."

Not trying to make any religious or political points, I'm not that sort of animal but it's pleasing when a little theme comes together. :)