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== Music == |
== Music == |
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* Renowned Russian rocker [[Boris Grebenschikov]] has a song about the phone number 2-12-85-06, which was a fake number... until the Russian area code system was changed and "2-" was added to a lot of numbers. There is now a washhouse in St. Petersburg that keeps getting calls from B.G. fans all over the country. |
* Renowned Russian rocker [[Boris Grebenschikov]] has a song about the phone number 2-12-85-06, which was a fake number... until the Russian area code system was changed and "2-" was added to a lot of numbers. There is now a washhouse in St. Petersburg that keeps getting calls from B.G. fans all over the country. |
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* [[Soulja Boy]]'s song "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" |
* [[Soulja Boy]]'s song "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" starts off by reading out a number. In the US, this number called a relevant recorded message. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/8127460.stm Fans in the UK were just bothering an innocent family]. |
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* AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" averts it mentioning the phone number 36-24-36. |
* AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" averts it mentioning the phone number 36-24-36. |
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** [[Bob Rivers]]' parody "Dirty Deeds Done With Sheep" replaces this with "Don't call 976-B-A-A-A, that kind of love's a crime". In many area codes, +1-NPA-976-XXXX numbers are high-premium. |
** [[Bob Rivers]]' parody "Dirty Deeds Done With Sheep" replaces this with "Don't call 976-B-A-A-A, that kind of love's a crime". In many area codes, +1-NPA-976-XXXX numbers are high-premium. |
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* The incomplete form used for a website name in the ''Animainiacs'' song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpzuIDPwEU4 "LA Dot"]"You can find me on my webpage spot w w w dot dot dot |
* The incomplete form used for a website name in the ''Animainiacs'' song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpzuIDPwEU4 "LA Dot"]"You can find me on my webpage spot w w w dot dot dot |
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* Glenn Miller's song "PEnnsylvania 6-5000" was - and still is - the number of Manhattan's Hotel Pennsylvania (+1-212-PE6-5000) where the band often performed in their network radio broadcasts. The hotel in turn served (and was named for) a train station on the Pennsylvania Railroad. |
* Glenn Miller's song "PEnnsylvania 6-5000" was - and still is - the number of Manhattan's Hotel Pennsylvania (+1-212-PE6-5000) where the band often performed in their network radio broadcasts. The hotel in turn served (and was named for) a train station on the Pennsylvania Railroad. |
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* The phone number in the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic music video] for [[Carly Rae Jepsen |
* The phone number in the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic music video] for [[Carly Rae Jepsen]'s "Call Me Maybe". |
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== Newspaper Comics == |
== Newspaper Comics == |
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