PRINT: 67: Our Greatest Inside Joke

67 reminds us to find joy in just being a kid.

Anika Sanka, Co-Editor-in-Chief

December 12, 2025

Will Hussein (’26) and Jack Perkins (’26) flipping the classic 67 signs.

Six seven. Six sevennnnnn. This short, annoyingly repetitive phrase can be heard echoing through high school classrooms, elementary school playgrounds and middle school hallways alike. In my opinion, this is the biggest trend since 9 + 10 = 21, and even that wasn’t as widespread. Every kid can be heard saying it, every teenager smirking at it and every adult frustratingly googling it.

However, a Google search yields few answers because, while it might have been inspired by a rap song “Doot Doot (6 7)” or the basketball player LaMelo Ball, the joke at its core is nonsensical. And yes, while it may be annoying, stupid or repetitive, personally, I’m a fan because to me, it’s the biggest inside joke of our generation.

A teacher can mention that we have 6-7 assignments to do, and with one quick glance around the classroom, you can tell everyone’s stifling their laughter, or someone can say they’re a size 6 or 7, and everyone starts giggling. These are my favorite kinds of jokes, jokes that are just funny because of the sheer stupidity of it. We used to have so many of these kinds of jokes as kids. From “your mom” to “what are those” we had a plethora of silly phrases that were guaranteed to make everyone laugh.

As social media has advanced and created algorithms that were tailored specifically to your own interests, these kinds of jokes has gotten more niche and can be misunderstood by people without social media or those with different interests. I also blame it on the shift from Vine to TikTok, as Vine had more funny videos that everyone saw, while TikTok is much more addictive and separates people based on their own niches and humor types.

Personally, as someone without TikTok, many of my more online friends’ jokes tend to fly over my head and require me to see the video in order to know why it’s funny. Some of our past trends have also been internet-dependent, such as the wave of Italian brainrot. Kids who don’t have social media have a hard time understanding the joke, making it less universal.

67 is different because whether or not you’re on social media or what grade you’re in, it’s easy to find it funny, and laugh at its simple, harmless nature. So yeah, maybe “six seven” doesn’t make sense, but that’s kind of the point. It doesn’t need a TikTok trend or a deep explanation. It just needs people who hear it and instantly laugh. It’s a reminder something simple can still unite an entire generation of students. That we can still find joy in being kids. And honestly, I hope there are at least six or seven more like it waiting to happen.

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Anika Sanka, Content Co-Editor-in-Chief

Anika Sanka is a senior at Robinson High School and is the co-editor-in-chief (EIC) of the Knight Writers. This is her third year on staff. In her freshman year, even though she wanted to be on newspaper, she chose to do an AP elective. The following year, she joined the newspaper after being recommended to it by her cousin, Vikram Sambasivan, a former EIC of the Knight Writers. “I really wanted to do an elective that wasn’t an AP just to boost my GPA, but something I could actually do something in. I also wanted to improve my writing,” Sanka said. Being an EIC this year, Sanka has many goals for the newspaper as a whole. One of them is to earn an All-Florida award from the Florida Scholastic Press Association. “I think we are very capable of it. I’m honestly so happy I am EIC now,” Sanka said. “I now have the position and ability to implement things so we can be a really be a well-structured newspaper and win these awards.” Outside of newspaper, Sanka enjoys spending time playing sports. She is on the varsity track team, but she also likes to find time to play other sports as well. “In middle school, I did rowing for a while; that was fun, but I just wasn’t the best at it. I always found my way back to running. I love track. I love our community, and I love the team. I’ve also been dancing for a while. I like doing sports and activities like this just for fun,” Sanka said. When Sanka isn’t running or working, she enjoys spending free time watching 2000s movies with friends. In addition, Sanka doesn’t have a particular favorite music artist, but her favorite music genres are pop, rock and indie. “[My favorite movie is] ‘She’s the Man.’ It’s a 2000s movie, and it has Amanda Bines in it, and I just love her movies. The 2000s are just so good, and they are comfort movies,” she said. Being a senior, Sanka wants to go to Emory University in Atlanta or the University of Florida. She wants to study law or journalism “It [Emory University] is beautiful, it has nature, and cool extracurriculars. I want to go into law or journalism; something in the English and communications field. They have cool political science programs which I want to go into,” Sanka said. (Profile by Allison Bartlett)