Since we have the occasional post here asking for sample numbers to call/text to keep accounts alive, I thought I'd post a list of a few novelty numbers you can call. Just a bit of fun.
719-266-2837 (719-26-OATES) - "Callin' Oates: Your emergency Hall & Oates hotline" - Plays a Hall & Oates song of you your choice.
304-867-5309 - Plays Tommy Tutone's "867-5309/Jenny". Also works with area code 517 and 567.
630-847-5241 - A choose-your-own-adventure game you can play using a touch-tone phone.
804-222-1111 - A test calling service featuring an echoback test, touch tone test, and 1000hz tone playback test.
800-437-7950 - MCI's ANAC number; will read back the calling number (your number) to you. (thanks u/P7BinSD. Added 4/10/24)
If you know any more, please share!
Can you look up random phone numbers?
Is it legal to call random numbers?
What is a fictional 555 phone number?
Howdy from Albania. I tried to google this but I wasn't sure how to phrase it and I have always been curious. A lot of the time in American movies and TVs you'll see ads with phone numbers like 1-800-CABLETV or 1-800-TRUCKS.
Are these real numbers or do they use them so they don't show numbers that could be real? How would you go about calling them?
Hey, I just started watching 21 bridges and I noticed something that I've seen a lot in movies
In this case, the cops shut down Manhattan and a billboard shows something like
"Police lockdown. For information call xxxx-xxxxx-tips"
I've seen this in infomertials and a lot of other shows
Hoe do you call that "number"?
Can we assemble a master list of ND phone numbers and what they spell out?
For example:
Bess: -4468 = hint
Ned: -4357 = help
George: -2583 = clue
But what about others?
I’m currently playing White Wolf, so here are my contributions:
Tino Balducci: -5375 = jerk
Chantal (ICE): -2274 = cash
Usually you see it for taxis and stuff.
I imagine with old phone keyboards it was "press number 5 3 times to get "t") or sth?