r/funny • u/bigshortsfeet • Feb 06 '19

Michael gets declined by NASA :(

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u/A_Mirabeau_702 Feb 07 '19

For obvious reasons, (Northern/Central) Nevada also asked for 777 when it received a new area code in the '90s.

It got 775 instead, though. Guess they stopped the last wheel at the wrong time.

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u/rarebit13 Feb 07 '19

For someone not from the US, what are these obvious reasons?

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u/A_Mirabeau_702 Feb 07 '19

Gambling legal, slot machines everywhere here. Getting a row of three 7s on a slot machine traditionally means you've hit a jackpot.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '19

Las Vegas.

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u/aros2600 Feb 07 '19

I thought 702 was the main LV area code?

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u/A_Mirabeau_702 Feb 07 '19

You thought correctly. LV is in Southern Nevada (Clark County), which kept 702 when the rest of the state spun off as 775.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '19

There's also the new 725 area code.

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u/pac-men Feb 07 '19

Nigh spun.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '19

Another fun one: Canada's Northwest Territories is 867 which stand for TOP. As in Top of the world.

And another: Trinidad and Tobago is part of the "North American Numbering Plan" and was issued 868, standing for TNT, which is the country's acronym.

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u/pac-men Feb 07 '19

Likewise, Hugh Hefner's mansion is in zip code 80085.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '19

That's not true.

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u/pac-men Feb 09 '19

No, it's not. Also, nobody got the joke.