# Google the number 241543903 and then hit "Enter".

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-the-number-241543903-and-then-hit-enter/598234>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 1, 2011, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-the-number-241543903-and-then-hit-enter/598234 "2011-10-01T07:00:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-the-number-241543903-and-then-hit-enter/598234/1 "2011-10-01T07:00:01Z")

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I feel a strange urge to add to the collection after finding this.  
(No worries, it’s nothing NSFW)

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**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-the-number-241543903-and-then-hit-enter/598234/2 "2011-10-01T07:54:14Z")

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WTF??

I can’t do it, I don’t have one to stick it into.

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**Author:** ![purple\_haze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@purple\_haze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_haze)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-the-number-241543903-and-then-hit-enter/598234/3 "2011-10-01T08:28:11Z")

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We like in a weird, weird society. I have one and am tempted to add to the gallery…

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**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-the-number-241543903-and-then-hit-enter/598234/4 "2011-10-01T11:05:46Z")

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I’m shocked that someone’s come up with something even more useless than planking, though I guess it was bound to happen.

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**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-the-number-241543903-and-then-hit-enter/598234/5 "2011-10-01T12:04:38Z")

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> [@tumbleddown](#):
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> I’m shocked that someone’s come up with something even more useless than planking, though I guess it was bound to happen.

Probably slightly less dangerous, though.

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**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:** [October 1, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-the-number-241543903-and-then-hit-enter/598234/6 "2011-10-01T13:33:35Z")

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> [@tumbleddown](#):
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> I’m shocked that someone’s come up with something even more useless than planking, though I guess it was bound to happen.

This came out way before planking.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-the-number-241543903-and-then-hit-enter/598234/7 "2011-10-01T13:36:35Z")

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You young people and your wacky fads. What’ll you do next, cram into a phone booth to swallow some goldfish?

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-the-number-241543903-and-then-hit-enter/598234/8 "2011-10-01T13:39:46Z")

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That sounds like the bees’ knees!

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**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-the-number-241543903-and-then-hit-enter/598234/9 "2011-10-01T13:53:46Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> You young people and your wacky fads. What’ll you do next, cram into a phone booth to swallow some goldfish?

What’s a phonebooth?

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-the-number-241543903-and-then-hit-enter/598234/10 "2011-10-01T13:56:23Z")

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> [@Gorsnak](#):
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> What’s a phonebooth?

It’s like a free-range urinal.

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-the-number-241543903-and-then-hit-enter/598234/11 "2011-10-01T14:06:42Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> This came out way before planking.

Yeah, I had forgotten about this one. It started two or three years ago. Pretty impressive (or lucky) that they got it to stick.

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**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-the-number-241543903-and-then-hit-enter/598234/12 "2011-10-01T14:28:33Z")

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So, this seems absurdly based on trust.

You have to figure that once the meme takes root, people are going to be attaching 241543903 to Rick Astley videos or much less work safe stuff.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-the-number-241543903-and-then-hit-enter/598234/13 "2011-10-01T14:49:50Z")

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> [@Gorsnak](#):
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> What’s a phonebooth?

…and where’s Superman when you need him?
