"142"? Very Funny, Mr. Jackson

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Goggles. See? :cool: = (@)(@)

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I first heard of the 143 thing in, I think, one of the Judy Blume books. The main character’s older sister and her boyfriend used it as a code when he would honk the horn when her arrived to pick her up at the house. Just one more data point that this predates texting.

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Maybe he means “I love MJ”.

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Hypno-goggles.

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I don’t know the origin, but I do know that my friend’s girlfriend used to send him “143” on his numeric pager, back before cell phones were everywhere (mid 90s). Maybe that’s where it started.

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AHHHH! WTF? I had to look these up and now I’m getting 831 and 459 ALSO mean I Love You. Also, ^5 is high five, 420 is let’s get high, and 6Y is sexy???

Yes, this IS the death of the English language. When we only start using 1s and 0s, I guess John Connor WAS right! :eek:

(Incidentally, is there a text for Yabba Dabba Doo?)

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Soon English will be dead and it will be time for Esperanto to rise again and assume its rightful dominent place! BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

or not

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To follow up on this, here is more info on the Minot Lighthouse that claims it as the source of the code: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A22808162

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Baldaŭ La angla estos mortinta kaj estos tempo por Esperanto releviĝ kaj supozi sia(n) laŭrajta dominent loko! BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

ĉu, aŭ ĉu ne,