2006-11-09 04:02:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Whether there was a real Jenny with that very phone number is debatable. If you try to dial 867-5309 on a touch-tone phone you will quickly discover that this number (which at first seems random) forms a consistent pattern when punched out on the dialpad. The upward diagonal of "8-6" is followed by "7-5-3," the upward diagonal to the left of it, which in turn is followed by "0-9," yet another upward diagonal, this one to the right of the original starting sequence.
I'm not sure if the post about Akron, Ohio is correct, since the guys of "Tommy Tutone", the one-hit-wonder band that originally performed this song, are from San Francisco, CA. Apparently many area codes have stopped issuing out this number, though, due to the fact that even down to this day, people that have it get prank callers asking for Jenny.
And what's this about there were no area-codes back then? According to ATT.com, there were ninety area codes in 1951 and that number grew to 135 in 1991. This song was made in the eighties, so area-codes were very prevalent by then. And, just in case anyone is wondering, there are over 350 area codes in the U.S. now.
You may also be interested in the "867-5309/Jenny Awareness Center", at http://www.876-5309.com . (Yes I know the web address says 876 instead of 867, but that's what it is)
2006-11-09 04:26:11 · answer #1 · answered by Reggie R 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I met a girl at a dance club back in the day. She gave me her number (867-5309).
I called her the next day and got a "this # is not in service" message.
I dialed it two more times before I figgered out what she'd done.
Funniest blow-off I've ever had... lol
2006-11-09 04:25:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yea when I was 8 I pranked call some woman but didn't know how to hide my number. Ending up telling this woman that I have her son, me and my friend cracking up in the background. She reported my number to police and within an hour a cop was at my house. When I look back at that, my butt starts hurting just from remembering the spanking I received that night. Never prank called after that.
2016-03-19 05:48:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they did. it was right where i grew up in Akron,Ohio. They finally had to disconnect it cause the person got so many prank calls. It is absolutely true. The area code is 330. My grandparents have a number with the 867 exchange. True story
2006-11-09 04:04:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Back then, you didn't have to dial an area code before you dialed the number. I called it once and got some woman. Now you'd have to dial an area code, so there's alot more to choose from.
2006-11-09 04:07:10 · answer #5 · answered by jim 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My grade 12 English teacher had that number in the town she lived in. Made the mistake of giving her number to the class and someone phoned to sing the song to her.
2006-11-09 10:51:15 · answer #6 · answered by Rachel O 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i remember there beign a big huff puff about that back in the day and rolling stones mag. put the musicians nubers in their mag. for everyone to call because that was a real phone number and upset the people with that number....and no i had better things to do
2006-11-09 06:04:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jim you're a moron. If it were long distance you had to dial the area code! Sheesh
2006-11-09 04:23:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um, yeah, like waaaay back in the 1980's when it came out....
sheeesh!
2006-11-09 04:04:11 · answer #9 · answered by Munya Says: DUH! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
so many area codes
2006-11-09 04:57:07 · answer #10 · answered by Jim G 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋