"Justin, I know you are there. Call me. I love you so much. I'm sorry I called you so late but I just got your number," one fan said on her voicemail.

How does this person know they have the right number if they have to guess the last digit? If I had to guess the last digit of someone's number I wouldn't be so certain.

B.L.Z. Bub: "Justin, I know you are there. Call me. I love you so much. I'm sorry I called you so late but I just got your number," one fan said on her voicemail.

How does this person know they have the right number if they have to guess the last digit? If I had to guess the last digit of someone's number I wouldn't be so certain.

you expect tweens to be rational?

If I were the one getting the calls, I'd find somebody who had a similar voice and change my outgoing voicemail to this:

"Hey girl, this is Justin. Sorry I can't come to the phone right now, but I'm massaging my prostate gland. Actually, I'm not really doing it, my man-servant is. If you don't know what a prostate gland is, ask you're mom - she'll tell you. Anyway girl, I love you, peace-out."

Atomic Spunk: If I were the one getting the calls, I'd find somebody who had a similar voice and change my outgoing voicemail to this:

"Hey girl, this is Justin. Sorry I can't come to the phone right now, but I'm massaging my prostate gland. Actually, I'm not really doing it, my man-servant is. If you don't know what a prostate gland is, ask you're mom - she'll tell you. Anyway girl, I love you, peace-out."

Best post I've seen all day.

Atomic Spunk: If I were the one getting the calls, I'd find somebody who had a similar voice and change my outgoing voicemail to this:

"Hey girl, this is Justin. Sorry I can't come to the phone right now, but I'm massaging my prostate gland. Actually, I'm not really doing it, my man-servant is. If you don't know what a prostate gland is, ask you're mom - she'll tell you. Anyway girl, I love you, peace-out."

Awesome, I wonder how many tweens he could convince that they in-fact have prostates too, and should probe said prostates with fingers, tongues, and whatever else they could slide up there.

FTA: Someone, I don't know who it was, said have your number changed. I said I've had this number since 1966

Weren't phone numbers back in the mid sixties only 5 digits long, minus the area code?

Atomic Spunk: If I were the one getting the calls, I'd find somebody who had a similar voice and change my outgoing voicemail to this:

"Justin here, but I can't answer the phone. I've got a jar of peanut butter, a Saint Bernard, and an empty schedule tonight. Jay Kay! I'll call back later... unless you're a girl. I hate girls. HATE. Jay Kay!.... about JayKaying about what I said at the beginning"

LeroyBourne: Awesome, I wonder how many tweens he could convince that they in-fact have prostates too, and should probe said prostates with fingers, tongues, and whatever else they could slide up there.

what about that seat that's over there waiting for you?

Was her number (214) 867-530*?

Mixolydian Master: FTA: Someone, I don't know who it was, said have your number changed. I said I've had this number since 1966

Weren't phone numbers back in the mid sixties only 5 digits long, minus the area code?

I know for most of the ninties in my town in SC you just had to say 9-xxxx or 7-xxxx.

Everything started with 66.

Fleming said she'd also accept concert tickets for her great granddaughter, who is crazy about the teen singer.

Sounds like a sweet lady.

Mixolydian Master: FTA: Someone, I don't know who it was, said have your number changed. I said I've had this number since 1966 Weren't phone numbers back in the mid sixties only 5 digits long, minus the area code?

Yes, and they had hand cranks and separate ear-pieces the size of an avacado. We only used five digits because that's how many fingers we had, unless they got caught in uncle Joe's combine.

/JC, we had seven digits after 1950 or so
//But we had a fun alpha mnemonics, such as GLadstone 5-8535
///And they were tuff black bakelite, weighed some 20 pounds and had rotary dial thingies

Did 'Jenny' ever get any money from Tommy Tutone for giving out 867-5309?

Dinobot: B.L.Z. Bub: "Justin, I know you are there. Call me. I love you so much. I'm sorry I called you so late but I just got your number," one fan said on her voicemail.

How does this person know they have the right number if they have to guess the last digit? If I had to guess the last digit of someone's number I wouldn't be so certain.

you expect tweens to be rational?


And especially, the nexus of tween and Bieber fan? That's a sinkhole of illogic.

In this area, the first two digits were expressed as ADams.

Before the change to seven digits, older phone books (circa 1951 and earlier) would reveal who had had his telephone the longest. The local hardware store was "5," for example (or it might have been "1," if the telephone exchange was first set up there). Wealthy business families would also have very low numbers.

I know he's just a kid, but he seems like a bit of a brat.

Coloman: Did 'Jenny' ever get any money from Tommy Tutone for giving out 867-5309?

Or this girl? (new window)

Fleming said she'd also accept concert tickets for her great granddaughter...

I'm conflicted by that statement. Either Granny isn't really that serious about the whole thing, or she's actually an intelligent person who doesn't think that a million dollars will ease her emotional damages.