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[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

800-588-2300 Empire!

^Today

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hello, Chicago. Remember before it was an 800 number?

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bro, I'm from Texas. That shit was everywhere.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Started in Chicago in the 1970s.

https://youtu.be/_xo29fUtrHo

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be fair you probably do need cash now

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Then call jg Wentworth 877-cash now!

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

If my mom ever changed her cell phone number, and I lost my phone, God help me. I don't even know my wife's phone number.

[–] badbrainstorm@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

1-877-cars4kids

Lucky for me I also have 1-800-NO-CUFFS commited to memory

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

That's k a r s cars for kids

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I know Jenny’s number, but I forget the area code.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

When I needed to test a phone I would always use 1800-ABC-DEFG for Hooked on Phonics. I knew it was an automated system and wouldn't actually be a live person.

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

It's my freedom and I need it now!

[–] gnu@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Apart from family and my own number about the only one I can think of is the Reading Writing Hotline (1300 655506) due to the sheer amount of their radio ads I've heard over the years while driving around.

Even within family I've only got one left that actually works though - Dad hasn't changed his mobile number since circa 2000 but Mum did at one point and I never remembered her new one.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Here are a few (non-personal) phone numbers I have memorised:

If you want a Macintosh in the 1990s:

1-800-MY-APPLE

Homer Simpson from The Simpsons:

(939) KL5-3226

Barney Gumble from The Simpsons:

(939) KL5-4796

Hastings Direct Insurance:

0800 001066

The Emergency Services in The IT Crowd:

0118 999 881 999 119 725 3

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

For German Sex-talk: 01805 46 46

[–] Wildly_Utilize@infosec.pub 3 points 2 months ago

me calling mike jones

[–] nullPointer@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

1-800-COLLECT

[–] PotatoSkins@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I never really understood it.. like are there really that many people out there with annuities to justify this level of marketing?

That song is burned into my brain as a kid growing up in the 90s-00s but I've never heard of anyone actually having an annuity... Maybe I'm sheltered.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

In Québec there is a moving company that has been using the same jingle and phone number for decades. Ir's really catchy and sticks in your head.

Le clan Panneton, pour déménager, faut composer le 937-0707.

The ad from 1997: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBIADSFYoVk

The ad from 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_VYYkFMcFk

Ask anyone in QC what's the Clan Panneton's number and they will start signing it.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

That was the most annoying ad I’ve ever seen

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 2 months ago

877 cash cow. 877 cash cow. your the cow.......

[–] rockhstrongo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

LaRosa's Pizza for me!

[–] Hobbes@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago