# Have you ever wanted to own a number? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 27, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400 "2008-02-27T18:22:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/41 "2008-02-27T23:50:21Z")
[QUOTE=robardin] D’OHH! I mean… Whew! (I wonder where 90120 is?) [/QUOTE] 90120 does not exist as a zip code. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/42 "2008-02-27T23:51:37Z")
[QUOTE=robardin] D’OHH! I mean… Whew! (I wonder where 90120 is?) [/QUOTE] Seems like it’s nowhere! ZIP not found. ZP4 tried to determine the correct city or state name from the input record ZIP Code, but the ZIP is not in the database’s list of valid ZIP codes. From here: [Zip Codes](http://www.semaphorecorp.com/cgi/form.html) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/43 "2008-02-28T00:04:00Z")
Whadda ya know – good 'ol reliable [2817](http://millionnumbers.com/number/2817/) was available. ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/44 "2008-02-28T00:10:36Z")
Bugger. 55 was gone. I’d have bought it for my now seven year old son, who since he became aware of numbers at about two and a half, has ALWAYS put his shoes/swimming kit/bags etc in locker number 55, or pretty much anything with a 55 on it has bee “his”. Oh, the drama a two year old can produce when you go swimming and find that, Oh Horror! Some rotten swine put his stuff in locker number 55. The world is going to end! Just think, I could have prevented all that if only this site had been made five years ago… ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/45 "2008-02-28T00:14:27Z")
Oh yeah, well like I posted on that site, now that I own 4111, I own much more than just the 411 of information. I own an entire order of magnitude of information more than the 411! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/46 "2008-02-28T01:46:30Z")
Damn! Some schmuck named Johannes owns 987! _sobs_ I ended up taking my birthday (1225) instead. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/47 "2008-02-28T01:46:59Z")
[QUOTE=GaryM] Seems like it’s nowhere! [/QUOTE] I thought that was zip code ‘00000’… _“I feel like a number, I feel like a number…!”_ ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/48 "2008-02-28T01:52:23Z")
[QUOTE=Kat] Damn! Some schmuck named Johannes owns 987! _sobs_ I ended up taking my birthday (1225) instead. [/QUOTE] What’s it like being 783 years old? Do you look as good as Yoda? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/49 "2008-02-28T02:07:39Z")
I got 51354 for obvious reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Charger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@Charger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charger)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/50 "2008-02-28T02:16:39Z")
I looked up 666 and it’s him! It’s really him! He even put his URL. ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/51 "2008-02-28T02:30:50Z")
> [@](#): > > The decimal digits of pi and e were both taken What does this mean? I’m not trying to be obtuse but…?? **10301** PALINDROME PRIME! ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/52 "2008-02-28T02:33:08Z")
I hate being on this page all by myself. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/53 "2008-02-28T02:35:13Z")
I’m now a proud owner of 14221, the ZIP code of Williamsville, New York. Not quite 90210, but in the Buffalo region, where people think J.C. Penney is kinda’ upscale and Buicks are really, really nice cars, especially with an aftermarket vinyl roof, 12441 will earn you some respect. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/54 "2008-02-28T02:44:25Z")
I’ve got my name from the phone pad. 5654. It’s Mine! ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/55 "2008-02-28T02:45:36Z")
I bought Paris Hilton’s cell phone number. Now the bitch has to pay me every time she makes a call. Jamie Lynn Spears is about to cough it up as well. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/56 "2008-02-28T02:46:40Z")
[QUOTE=elmwood] I’m now a proud owner of 14221, the ZIP code of Williamsville, New York. Not quite 90210, but in the Buffalo region, where people think J.C. Penney is kinda’ upscale and Buicks are really, really nice cars, especially with an aftermarket vinyl roof, 12441 will earn you some respect. [/QUOTE] Unfortunately, here you are stuck with 14221. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/57 "2008-02-28T04:27:33Z")
8191 is the fifth Mersenne prime!! Yeah! It’s all mine, baby. You wanna talk fifth Mersenne prime? Ya gotta talk to me! ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/58 "2008-02-28T04:28:51Z")
You Bastage! ---
**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/59 "2008-02-28T04:45:33Z")
ha! I beat you all. I know the owner of this site. Although, I had no idea that he did this. The internet is a small world. ---
**Author:** ![DangleYourModifier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@DangleYourModifier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DangleYourModifier)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400/60 "2008-02-28T06:08:54Z")
241421 The [silver ratio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_ratio) because the golden one was taken. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wanted-to-own-a-number/439400.md?page=4)