CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1982, Southwest Junior High School received up to two hundred calls daily asking for Jenny in area code 704. Brown University obtained the +1-401-867 prefix in 1999, assigning 867-5309 to a student dormitory room which was promptly inundated with nuisance calls.

Detailed explanation-2: -that approximates the rational number 867.5309, famous from the Tommy Tutone song “867-5309/Jenny” (see A104175).

Detailed explanation-3: -her name is Jenny, you need to give her a call, it’s 404-867-5309. Um, just give her a call, ask for Jenny, and uh, she’ll hook you up.

Detailed explanation-4: -It’s probably the most famous phone number in American pop culture. And with only 335 area codes in the U.S., not many people share it, or would want it. We caught up with the Lynn Haven woman who owns the number in the 850, and no, her name is not Jenny! 867-5309, Tommy Tutone made it famous in 1981.