Old People Trivia 9/16/2011

Before there was the internet, before there was a 411.. there was a phone number.

What is that phone number?

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Permalink Reply by dan brown on September 16, 2011 at 4:46am

555-1212

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Permalink Reply by Robert on September 16, 2011 at 4:54am

Nice, Dan!

I love it that we can still use it today.

Follow up phone question:

What's the telephone number that made telephone numbers in movies and t.v show start with 555 ?

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Permalink Reply by Chris Hainey on September 16, 2011 at 4:58am

Klondike.

Robert said:

Nice, Dan!

I love it that we can still use it today.

Follow up phone question:

What's the telephone number that made telephone numbers in movies and t.v show start with 555 ?

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Permalink Reply by Robert on September 16, 2011 at 5:00am

Klondike?

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Permalink Reply by Chris Hainey on September 16, 2011 at 5:04am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555_(telephone_number)
Robert said:

Klondike?

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Permalink Reply by Robert on September 16, 2011 at 5:15am

Yes! Wow.. I actually had that wrong. I remember the song, Jenny, that had the telephone number 867-5309. I always thought that increase in 555 numbers in movies and t.v. shows was related to the huge number of calls to that number. Anyone else remember that? Thanks for link Chris!