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03-10-05, 03:38
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My friend asked me today... Why in all the Hollywood movies, their phone numbers begins with 555? I went like eerrr...errrr....hhhmmm.. No idea...  Anyone can shed some light to this phenomenal discovery? | ||
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03-10-05, 03:46
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 | Apparently it's just because it's never used in the real world, so people can't say "you used my number in the film" and sue
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03-10-05, 03:58
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| Is it that simple, why not 888 or 123 or 991... it can't be that the entire US does not have a 555 prefix number...  | ||
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03-10-05, 04:01
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| That's what I remember seeing on a documentary, it was an agreement made between Hollywood and the telephone companies to make life simple as possible, or something to that effect
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03-11-05, 04:47
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| Yeah, it's been known for them to drop a number so that it's not an actual telephone number in the past too, just adding 1 would do the job too to be honest...
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03-11-05, 08:03
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| The Americans must be paranoid about being sued, eh? What if there really was a Clark Kent, would the guy sue the producer for impersonation? I remember in some movies, at the ending, just before the credits are out, there is this disclaimer that say "All characters are yada yada yada... this is fiction and not related to so & so"... | ||
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03-11-05, 10:44
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03-11-05, 10:48
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"Instead of a phone number with the unused 555 prefix, a phone number that appears on the pager carried by Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) was an actual phone number in many US area codes, causing owners of that phone number to be bombarded with calls. For the video release this number was changed to 555-0123"
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