# Help me choose my new phone number **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 22, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-new-phone-number/536964 "2010-04-22T05:23:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-new-phone-number/536964/21 "2010-04-22T17:39:53Z")
I voted 6363–really easy to remember. I’m a synesthete, so I tend to pick numbers that have nice or easy to remember color patterns. This one isn’t the nicest (brown-yellow-brown-yellow) but it’s definitely easy to remember. 8842 and 8442 would work well for me too. “Six double-0 seven” is great too. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-new-phone-number/536964/22 "2010-04-22T17:53:50Z")
You have to choose it based on the alpha equivalents of the telephone keypad ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-new-phone-number/536964/23 "2010-04-22T18:08:47Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > You have to choose it based on the alpha equivalents of the telephone keypad There aren’t any good combinations. I tried already. MEME and UGGA were pretty much the only ones. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-new-phone-number/536964/24 "2010-04-22T20:52:47Z")
8442… easy because 84 is double 42. And 42 is the answer to Life, The Universe, and EVERYTHING (including phone numbers). ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-new-phone-number/536964/25 "2010-04-22T22:19:36Z")
6363 because it is my birth year. I miss my old 0102 number. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-new-phone-number/536964/26 "2010-04-23T01:58:47Z")
Okay, by popular vote and posters’ compelling arguments, I’ve narrowed it down to: **8442** **6363** **6007** I like them all. Not sure how I’ll decide between them. I just hope one of these three numbers are still available in 3 1/2 hours when the poll closes. ---
**Author:** ![maisoui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@maisoui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maisoui)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-new-phone-number/536964/27 "2010-04-23T02:09:56Z")
I voted 6363 because it’s a repeater. I also like that the numbers are on the same column on the keypad for dialing. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-new-phone-number/536964/28 "2010-04-23T02:13:24Z")
OK, 'nother argument for 8442: 8/2=4… 4/2=2. It’s a logical progression. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-new-phone-number/536964/29 "2010-04-23T05:32:20Z")
OK, how’s this: if you don’t pick 8442, I’ll kick my [dog!!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/15709477@N05/2419360613/) I’ll do it! [sup]not really, but 8442 IS the best choice…[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![MsChilePepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MsChilePepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsChilePepper)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-new-phone-number/536964/30 "2010-04-23T07:58:59Z")
My friend Chris’s cell phone is ###-SPIT, and of course that’s how he dictates it to people. This is a dude who owns an authentic coonskin cap, so … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-new-phone-number/536964.md?page=1)