Nationwide LD Calling (Was: Depressing realization...)

From: Jim <jrasite_at_eoni.com>
Date: Sun Apr 27 14:44:47 2003

Jeffrey Sharp wrote:

>As a neat note, all the numbers in that town were in the 4000-5999 range.
>There was an 867-5309, which matches the name of a song that was popular
>some years ago. Folklore says that it used to be the number of the grade
>school cafeteria, but that may be a myth. Families of two of my friends
>from high school, however, did take a turn each of having that number. They
>reported occasional calls from strangers asking for Jenny (who, I guess, was
>a character in the song). IIRC, one of these friends may have used an
>answering machine greeting specially tailored to entertain these callers.
>
>
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I couldn't resist: <http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/8675309.htm>
Received on Sun Apr 27 2003 - 14:44:47 BST

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