867-5309 -- I wonder if anyone was ever so unfortunate as to have that

[raccoon]

for their phone number.

[TexasTowelie]

1. Yes,

http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/8675309.asp

[cyberswede]

2. Doesn't Benjamin Franklin Plumbing use that number?

[malthaussen]

3. I wonder about Beechwood 4-5789...

Showing that some ideas transcend generations.

-- Mal

[gmoney]

4. actually, it can come in handy

If you're ever at a grocery or drugstore and they ask for your "loyalty" card to get a discount, punch in the local area code and 867-5309 and it should come up as a match and you'll get the discount. There's at least one wiseguy in every area code...

[Frank Cannon]

8. Nice.

I love "lifehacks" like that. That's similar to the one where if you lose your cell phone charger, go into a hotel and tell them you were there on business a few months ago and you might have lost your charger there. They'll bring you a huge box from lost and found that is guaranteed to have the one you need, as it's by far the most common item left.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. No, but but I did have the name, so people would sing the song to me. LOL

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. Or 665-4321

[Orrex]

7. When I lived in State College PA in the 90s, a coworker had that number

She shared an apartment with 2 other women, and one of them had actually requested that phone #.

My coworker said that they got at least two or three calls each day to ask if they'd ever heard the song.

[Cooley Hurd]

9. Earworm of the day!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. Rikki had it but she lost it.

[Brigid]

11. Here she is: