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555: Completely off-topic | by couprie | 2000-08-24 01:01:54 |
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RE: 555 & the Simpsons | by nim | 2000-08-24 02:44:53 |
| RE: 555 & the Simpsons |
by cyguy |
2000-08-24 07:39:49 |
| nim wrote:
>I like the way the Simpsons disguises the 555 thing by calling it KL5. :)
>he he he he he
nim wrote:
>I like the way the Simpsons disguises the 555 thing by calling it KL5. :)
>he he he he he
Actually that is not new to Simpsons, it goes back to when 7-digit numbers were first put into use and a location name was used for the first two numbers, often this location name actually corresponded to the the town or neighborhood where the prefix was used. The famous song "PEnnsylvania 6-5000" also recalls this. MUrray Hill is another famous one, since Murray Hill, NJ is where AT&T's Bell Labs (now Lucent)was (is) based. You might also notice that area codes never used to spell anything due to the 1 or 0 which up until recently had to be used as the second digit.
A webpage on this subject with names known to be used in the past is at http://ourwebhome.com/TENP/TENproject.html (According to that page 55x was reserverd for radio telephone numbers, I don't know if they mean like cell-phones, or phone numbers given out on radio/TV shows and movies).
KL was the designation for Klondike, so when you watch old movies or TV shows from the 50's & 60's, they will often say 'Klondike-5'. I remember they always did that on the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show. |
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