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  • From: Diana Duncan <art2mis AT nc.rr.com>
  • To: Ruth Suehle <wuzzled AT nc.rr.com>, "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Re: Pop culture was PART 2: history lesson
  • Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:14:49 -0400


On Thursday, Oct 23, 2003, at 15:02 US/Eastern, Ruth Suehle wrote:

867-5309 and it's a Raleigh number, and yes we called it alot...

I heard Somewhere(tm) that something like 93% of area codes had it as
a valid number.

No confirmation on your 93%, but some entertaining stories nonetheless:
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/8675309.htm

Ruth

I heard that this song was one of the main reasons the film industry now uses "555" as the exchange for all phone numbers, as it is never used as a real exchange (except for information 555-1212).

Diana





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