# 7 digits the same **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2014, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-digits-the-same/692071 "2014-07-01T05:15:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-digits-the-same/692071/21 "2014-07-02T22:24:51Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Yeah, we’re 10-digit here, too. Still, I know of at least one cab company in town that’s 704-444-4444. My wife’s big on [Japanese culture](http://japanese.about.com/library/blqow7.htm), so we refer to them as Death Cab for Cutie. Turns out 704-222-2222 is a cab company, too. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-digits-the-same/692071/22 "2014-07-02T22:32:13Z")
416-777-7777 is the classifieds department of the Toronto Star. (You know, “classified ads”? Like Craigslist or Kijiji on paper?) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-digits-the-same/692071/23 "2014-07-02T22:44:48Z")
"I hope the next time I move I get a real easy phone number. Something like 222-2222. I would say, “Sweet.” People would say, “Mitch, how do I get ahold of you?” I would say, “Just press 2 for a while, and when I answer, you will know that you have pressed 2 enough. Instead of ‘hello,’ I say STOP!!!” - Mitch Hedberg ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-digits-the-same/692071/24 "2014-07-02T22:49:23Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Turns out 704-222-2222 is a cab company, too. It’s not advertised but apparently 703-333-3333 is a cab compay (their advertised number is 703-522-3333). 301-444-4444 is a towing company. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-digits-the-same/692071/25 "2014-07-03T22:00:58Z")
I’d never heard of any of them being anything, and didn’t find anything in Google until 888-8888, which is an animal husbandry thing. Apparently no businesses really value these easily remembered phone numbers. A nearby area code has a Petsmart and at one end (222-2222) and a bakery at the other (999-9999) with everything private in between. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-digits-the-same/692071/26 "2014-07-03T22:06:10Z")
Just saw a 333-3333 in big print on the back of a “Taxi Taxi” on my way home from the drug store. Instantly thought of reporting same here! ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-digits-the-same/692071/27 "2014-07-04T06:53:15Z")
Driving into work today I saw a lawyer’s ad on the back of a bus with this slogan: Don’t wait! Call 8! 888-8888 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-digits-the-same/692071.md?page=1)