# Has anyone ever actually had a good time from a bathroom phone# **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737 "2013-01-10T12:22:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/1 "2013-01-10T12:22:45Z")
Should I have made it a poll? Nah but seriously I’d love to watch a serious 60 Minutes type journalist show where Mike Wallace calls phone#s in the mens room and sees where it goes. Are people graduating to emails and IM handles yet? ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/2 "2013-01-10T13:58:47Z")
There are phones in men’s bathrooms? I had no idea. I can honestly say I don’t think I’ve ever seen a phone in a women’s bathroom. Or are you saying cell phones? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/3 "2013-01-10T14:02:15Z")
You mean those things aren’t targets? ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/4 "2013-01-10T14:03:26Z")
We had several girls around my city who were considered sure things. Some of the guys did get thier numbers off of restroom walls. So I would say yes, how often I have no clue. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/5 "2013-01-10T14:06:42Z")
I’ve always suspect that most of those telephone numbers posted on bathroom walls are “spite postings” or jokes, where someone leaves the number of an ex-lover, or a friend you want to mess up. Of course, the best joke would be to leave the message “For a Good Time Call”, followed by the telephone number of NIST’s Telephone time-of-day service > **[Telephone Time-of-Day Service](https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/time-distribution/radio-station-wwv/telephone-time-day-service)** > > The audio portions of the WWV and WWVH broadcasts can also be heard by telephone. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/6 "2013-01-10T14:07:23Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > There are phones in men’s bathrooms? I had no idea. > > I can honestly say I don’t think I’ve ever seen a phone in a women’s bathroom. > > Or are you saying cell phones? For a good time, call 555-5555. You know. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/7 "2013-01-10T14:15:41Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > For a good time, call 555-5555. You know. OK, I totally misread the OP. Thanks for the clarification. I got up far too early this morning. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/8 "2013-01-10T14:15:52Z")
555-5555 does NOT put out. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/9 "2013-01-10T14:29:34Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > OK, I totally misread the OP. Thanks for the clarification. I got up far too early this morning. No problem, it made my eye twitch too. If # was separate from Phone it would have been easier to read. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/10 "2013-01-10T14:30:31Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > For a good time, call 555-5555. You know. I keep getting a busy signal. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/11 "2013-01-10T14:32:38Z")
JFYI, Mike Wallace is dead. Though that would be an interesting twist, if they went all _Weekend at Bernie’s_ with it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/12 "2013-01-10T14:34:44Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I keep getting a busy signal. Everyone else is having a good time, I guess! ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/13 "2013-01-10T15:59:43Z")
My assumption/understanding has always been that the phone numbers written in public bathrooms are usually meant to be funny or insulting; however in truck stop bathrooms they’re frequently real… if you’re looking for homosexual encounters. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/14 "2013-01-10T16:20:43Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > For a good time, call 555-5555. You know. Or 358-1212. [The local number you could dial once long ago to get the local time.] ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/15 "2013-01-10T16:37:11Z")
867-5309 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/16 "2013-01-10T16:47:23Z")
I’ve never seen a phone number actually written on a bathroom stall but then, I don’t exactly scour public bathrooms for graffiti. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/17 "2013-01-10T17:19:17Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I’ve never seen a phone number actually written on a bathroom stall but then, I don’t exactly scour public bathrooms for graffiti. I saw one on cheezburger the other day that gave me chills: “What if the cure for cancer is locked in the mind of someone who can’t afford education?” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/18 "2013-01-10T17:26:53Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > OK, I totally misread the OP. Thanks for the clarification. I got up far too early this morning. Me too. I was wondering about all the ways you could have a good time with a phone in a bathroom. Came up with a few good ones, too. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/19 "2013-01-10T17:29:06Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I’ve never seen a phone number actually written on a bathroom stall but then, I don’t exactly scour public bathrooms for graffiti. Is this a stealth brag? Do you frequent a higher class of public toilet?😛 It is pretty hard to miss the graffiti sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737/20 "2013-01-10T18:55:24Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Is this a stealth brag? Do you frequent a higher class of public toilet?😛 > > It is pretty hard to miss the graffiti sometimes. I think he means, and he can correct me if I’m wrong, that he sees graffiti; he just doesn’t bother to see if there are phone numbers amongst the other stuff. Same here. I haven’t seen a phone number in a while, though I have seen other stuff. ETA: And yes, there are phone numbers in the girls bathrooms. I haven’t seen any “For a good time call X” for years and years and even when I did I wondered what the point is of putting it in the girls’ bathroom. (The point is one girl probably did it to another. This is middle school shit. Pun intended.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-had-a-good-time-from-a-bathroom-phone/646737.md?page=2)