bote@uunet.uu.net (John Boteler) (10/14/89)
In reference to our Illustrious Moderator's note about the jingle
helping the hapless telephone user to remember HUdson 3-2700, I was
reminded of the good ol' days and a story from my college psychology
instructor.
In discussing how our analog brains work, the subject of telephone
number jingles in advertisments came up. She pointed out how such a
simple device could jog our memories.
It must have worked because I have never forgotten this one.
Picture it: a small boy next to a huge pile of cookies with chocolate
around his mouth, and the jingle
"How many cookies did Andrew eat?
ANdrew 8-8000"
Any other neat ones?
Bote
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>Picture it: a small boy next to a huge pile of cookies with chocolate >around his mouth, and the jingle >"How many cookies did Andrew eat? > > ANdrew 8-8000" Wow. You don't say what that was for, or where, it was used, but I remember that phone number from radio commercials for a Boston area carpet cleaner (or maybe seller). Was that it? Or were there more than one metro areas with commercials plugging that same number for local firms?
morris@jade.jpl.nasa.gov (Mike Morris) (10/17/89)
(John Boteler) writes: >In discussing how our analog brains work, the subject of telephone >number jingles in advertisments came up. She pointed out how such a >simple device could jog our memories. >It must have worked because I have never forgotten this one. >Picture it: a small boy next to a huge pile of cookies with chocolate >around his mouth, and the jingle >"How many cookies did Andrew eat? > > ANdrew 8-8000" While not a telephone number, or even a jingle, it reminded me of a gag "memo" that was on the San Diego PD watch commanders bulletin board one April 1st a number of years ago... Before I type what it said, a little info is necessary: Most police departments use a "ten-code" on their 2-way radio: 10-1 means "You're in a bad radio transmission location, I can't hear you", "10-2" means "Your radio signal is good, go ahead", "10-4" is "affirmative", "10-7" means "out of the car, away from the radio", "10-8" means "In the car, available for assignment", etc. There are also the "Code" signals such as "Code 3" meaning that red lights and siren are in use, "Code 4" meaning "Everything's OK, no assistance required", "Code 7" meaning "Out of the car for lunch or dinner", etc. The memo went something like: Units going 10-8 from Code-7 will use proper grammar! No longer will we be "10-8" we will be "10-EATEN"! Since I was in San Diego only for one day (the April 1st of the memo), I have no idea if "10-eaten" was used on the air... Mike Morris UUCP: Morris@Jade.JPL.NASA.gov ICBM: 34.12 N, 118.02 W #Include quote.cute.standard PSTN: 818-447-7052 #Include disclaimer.standard cat flames.all > /dev/null
jjd@necis.nec.com (Jeff DeSantis) (10/21/89)
>"How many cookies did Andrew eat? > > ANdrew 8-8000" > >Was that it? Adams & Sweet, South Boston, Carpet Cleaners & Used Carpet Sales
cantor@proxy.enet.dec.com (David A. Cantor 24-Oct-1989 0857) (10/24/89)
From Telecom Digest vol 9 iss 466: >>"How many cookies did Andrew eat? >> >> ANdrew 8-8000" >> >>Was that it? >Adams & Sweet, South Boston, Carpet Cleaners & Used Carpet Sales No, it is Adams & Swett. Two t's, one e. Dave C.
rrw@cs.utexas.edu (Robert Wier) (10/26/89)
I remember a widely run tv commercial about 20 years ago (?) by the Sheraton Corporation advertising their toll-free reservation --> 800 325 3535. There wasn't anything particulary humorous about this, they just had a REALLY catchy tune to which the numbers were sung. Plus since the number was so redundant (lots of 3's and 5's) it could also be sung somewhat in a round-robin fashion (like row, row, row your boat). My choral group in high school liked to sing this to get our music teacher upset :-). Coincidentally enough, I currently have one number which has a 325 prefix (although not the same suffix), and also one that has a 523 prefix. I believe that the number is still in use, for Day's Inns now. But they don't use the old commercial (a shame...) - Bob Wier Northern Arizona University summer:Ouray, Colorado winter:Flagstaff, Arizona USENET: ...arizona!naucse!rrw | BITNET: WIER@NAUVAX | WB5KXH