WrongDonkey
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Aug 9, 2023 12:15 AM
WrongDonkey
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thomasbornemann626
I went to school with someone who had that phone number. Needless to say, he was not amused by all the people calling his house looking for Jamming Jenny.
lurkilydurkiler
Hey, if it amuses you it still goes in the win column.
apLundell
A McDonald's with a playground area? Wow, that's like a twist ending. Now I'm imagining that the story takes place in 1981, and he's the first person in town to hear that song.
DippinDerps
Imagine hearing 90 and yelling 210. . . Saying makes me feel old and I'm not even that old yet.
Warune
Try yelling 877 cash now and hear the collective groans
vbh70s
I used to work with a guy who used to give this number out whenever anyone asked for anyone's contact number. It was almost like a tic or a compulsion, he didn't seem to be able to stop himself. Sometimes he'd try to switch up the cadence or the phrasing to disguise it (area code XXX, 867, fifty-three, zero nine) but he still gave Jenny's number every time.
aillybird
LPT: your local area code + 867-5309 is likely already registered for every rewards card out there. Just punch in the number and get the discount.
atoyot
I don't understand the reference. Am...am I young?
867530NeyeEeyen
I laughed
FarQuad
syntheticgod8
Why would you ever expect people to get a 40 year old reference to an obscure song about a phone number?
mygodhasabiggerdick
Because noone has linked it as I see... https://youtu.be/boaJCrHNRMA
Humunculus
Jenny?
DukeDarkwood
You got it! (You got it!)
candle340
Who is married to Jessie, and their daughter is Stacy...
CeterumCenseo
So ... Jenny is Stacy's mom?
candle340
And she's got it goin' on
customcartoons
Not only that, two different musical dudes have got the hots for Stacy’s Dad and Stacy’s brother. Girl can’t catch a break.
aryzseyr
Damn you Tommy Tutone
irislovesneko
I’m 26 and I know what that is because my father raised me on classic rock 😂
insertcleverusername1
TarrkertheNewt
"Then I got violently arrested because I'm a grown man and someone thought I was eying up their kid."
RishiMaru
I get the joke (brilliant) but my friend over here does not and I am not sure how to explain. Would someone please eli5 for the sake of a friend. I'll be honest, it's me. I don't get the joke. I just want to understand.
xizar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo
sadurdaynight
(goes into bathroom... sees people have written ph #'s on the stall for prostitutes, hookups, etc. One says "For a good time call Jenny 867-5309". Decides to write song about it.)
DireRadiant
I would have high-fived you
AllTheGoodNamesAreUnavailable
mmfrancis
Did you sing it out or just say it
Casafynn
Don't worry, Snax007, I gotcher number.
pleaseacknowledgethecat
Your McDonalds still has a playground area?? I’m there
peacevomit
Shit, my mother in law and I were talking about that this weekend. Because her name is Jeanne (Jenny, just french), and her number was 8675309 in a small town in Ontario. She was 15 when the song came out and would get calls ALL hours, from all over the world. It was crazy.
nonickname23
vincentleeprice
Oh crap I knew I recognized that character from lower decks. It's him.
whatmakesushuman
nonickname23
I spend a lot of time lurking and bookmarking the good stuff.
Hashbrown123
jgluth101
A meme referencing a meme about understanding a reference. That’s so meta.
jimjong1
I don't get that reference
whatmakesushuman
Looks like someone hasn’t read the Silmarillion.
boruto
He's from Star Trek: TNG, episode is called Darmok. His species communicates with memes. One of my favorites
SnoopyDancing
I use that number when I dont want to give businesses my real number 555-867-5309
jscmac
shyriath
You could say that I GOT IT, I GOT (I GOT) IT...
Leonon
Captain America if he was frozen in 1983.
Phazoner
Can you explain it for a friend please?
TuckerTheGuy
https://youtu.be/axLRUszuu9I
waxcat
It's a song
Phazoner
... Which one?
waxcat
867-5309/jenny
Phazoner
Thank you!
lionfury
FartBubbles
Dude, the other day at work during a conversation the phrase “just like Ronnie said” came up to which I naturally replied “be my little baby” which fell flat. Then I discover that these children don’t even know who Eddie Money is. Eddie FUCKING Money. I felt incredibly old.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
nicky512
That is hilarious. …but it made me old as well.
candle340
who?
hardytardigrade
The sad part is Eddie Money is referencing to an even older song in that song
JimFromMarketing
Why did you stop
ratfaceddog
Referencing. Referring to. Pick one.
jimjong1
Do you not reference the materials you're referring to?
ratfaceddog
You referernce them, or you refer to them. You do not “reference to” them. Hence “pick one.”
pickledpunk021
Did you tell like this? 530NIIEEEIINE
customcartoons
Brother, you know he did! ^_^
MisterBrahanovich
🎶I GOT IT!!!🎶
mermaidsmisbehavetoo
I gotcha number in my phooonnneee!
defaultbunny
Jenny dont change your number!
PrincessWendyB
I need to make you mine... (in a consensual way)
RunawaySpoons
Is this some American joke I'm too British to understand?
BeckyLookAtHerButt
Yes.
rbudrick
I still hear this song frequently.
Humunculus
song by Tommy Tutone that came out in the early 80's
Sanford7
Song lyrics from 1980s
luzaire
McDonald’s in the States used to have playgrounds.
Marikhen
Just don't mistake Jenny for Jenny Says: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEfpoUuKFOY
MyBigMouth
It's some song by a guy called Tommy Tutone, don't worry about not getting it, the track was never released in the UK.
sandbagfun1
Less than Jake covered it, I think, and that was released in the UK
heathenhumanist
Well that's a shame!
CornCobMcGee
I was going to say that makes no sense for them not to release in Britain, but then I remembered they have a completely different phone number format. Carry on.
darsfog
Yup. Where as in the US you dial 911, in the UK you dial 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3
IAmTheKingOfCheese
I'll just send them an email
UseTheSource
01189998819991197253
Yogsothott
nonickname23
It's a song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7V2_jQ_QUU
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
that I'm now compelled to listen to
PTNLemay
Thank you for clarifying. But yeah I suspect a lot of the youngen will not get that.
Ryebread91
It's was actually still referenced quite frequently in cartoons growing up.
Marikhen
Probably won't get the other Jenny song either: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEfpoUuKFOY
OmnipotentBeing
American phone numbers are 7 digits long. These was a song by a band in the 1980's called 867-5309 Jenny.
RunawaySpoons
I enjoy the variety of responses but yours is definitely the most informative, thank you!
TalaayaCosplay
I'm sure you're aware but to clarify for anyone else: they're 10 digits now but were only 7 digits in the 80s.
OmnipotentBeing
I meant without the area code. Yes with the area code it is 10 digits.
itsallaboutthecones
Wait, seriously? Wouldn't that allow for only 9 million phone numbers?
OmnipotentBeing
Area codes exist as well >> (###)<< ###-####
itsallaboutthecones
Yes, they do now but it seemed like they were saying area codes (which make ten digit phone numbers) weren't a thing at that point. From what I see though, that system started in 1947 and commonplace by 1960 so I am confused....
Roune
Area codes weren’t around in the 80’s?
arajad
Before cell phones blew up the total number of phone numbers needed, area codes always had a 0 or 1 as the middle digit, and exchanges (the 2nd 3 digits) never did. Cell phones made the available area codes run out, so now the system needs 10 digits to understand who you're calling.
wagglestack
Uh, none of that is true.