Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: ron@hardees.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: An Example of Mis-parsing a Phone Number Message-ID: Date: 27 Aug 89 13:14:36 GMT Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 10 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 328, message 8 of 8 Yes, used to be a party line that advertised it's number as 100 411 7777777 (actually they said seven sevens). It took me a minute to realize what the number actually was. The other fun one is that the Rutgers library ID numbers that are displayed on the checkout terminals are social security numbers. I looked at my number a couple of times before I realized it because they had the spaces in non obvious locations. -Ron