My Favorite Prime Number

867-5309, as the song from Tommy Tutone and a phone number, is put to the test by Dan of DanTheMan, by calling every area code (using his free nights and weekends on his cell) to hear the response. It's awesome to see this breakdown -- mostly not in service, but a few messages worthy of Tutone fame.

I once called someone who's number was written on the wall. First year of college, K3, Dakin Hall, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. His name was Jeff, I think. The conversation went like this (I'm in italics):

Hello?
Hey Jeff
Hey
What's up
Not much
What are you doing today
Eh. Just hanging
(sounding a bit irritated) You gonna swing by or what?
Yeah, yeah. Sure.
Alright
Uh. (pause) Who is this?
Heh. Funny, dude.
(pause) No, seriously, who is this?
Nobody. Just got your name off a wall next to a phone.
Then take my name off of there.
It's carved in a wall, Jeff. That ain't my job.
No, just scratch it off, and don't call me.
I ain't gonna do it. (pause) I suppose you are gonna come by, then?
-click-


This is the same phone I called "Dave's Soda and Pet Food City" to sing them my version of "Suffragette City" which used their name, as a suggestion for a jingle. He hung up on me too. (413) 786-WOOF.

Philistines.

Posted by juechi at January 5, 2005 10:59 AM