Worldwide, all mobile phones look like this...

/subtle?

From the The World According To America challenge. See all 275 entries (closed)

( The Great Architect, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:24, archived)

Don't you mean Cell Phones?
555 dead or alive
( Mr Gear - the only black guy on B3ta, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:25, archived)

Nicely shopped indeed
where did you get the lines effect?

;)

woo
( freebs the wo-orld... let them know it's Chris' Nap Time, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:25, archived)

some cnut helped me out ;)
rememeber, smiley face negates every name!
( The Great Architect, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:26, archived)

puss ridden wank chop




:)
( Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:35, archived)

you say the sweetest things

( The Great Architect, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:35, archived)

it's ok, my smiley face indicates no offense meant.....

you badly bruised blister on the back of a bulging bell end


:)
( Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:38, archived)

Pfft!
Triffic as always!
( Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Ph.D., Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:26, archived)

haha so true
apparently the BBC have a list of telephone numbers for use, and presumably they might get reused so the phone number for a minicab firm in one programme could be the phone number for the Queen Vic. Maybe. Or something.
( brianftang www.twitter.com/brianftang, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:27, archived)

YAY!

( Thor_sonofodin https://twitter.com/Thor_sonofodin, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:28, archived)

I don't get it :(
what's the 55 about? is it an american dial code?
( Count Vanderhoff blah blah etc etc, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:29, archived)

anyone gives a phone number in any
American TV show or film and the area code is always 555
( brianftang www.twitter.com/brianftang, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:29, archived)

well,
I have learnt something today.

Is there any reasoning behind it?
( Count Vanderhoff blah blah etc etc, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:31, archived)

i think hollywood started it all...

an old shop from eons ago, before I got 'better'
( The Great Architect, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:32, archived)

hahaha!

( Count Vanderhoff blah blah etc etc, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:33, archived)

I think it started off so they weren't real telephone numbers
but I think these days, because so many people have noticed it in the past, they just do it for a laugh.
( brianftang www.twitter.com/brianftang, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:32, archived)

It doesnt exist in the real world, so there's no chance of some film having a real person's number
( Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:33, archived)

presumably sililar to the BBC in
brianftang's post above
( drunkenoaf, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:33, archived)

Because it's not a valid area code
so there's no danger of them accidentally using some poor bastard's home phone number in Iowa as that of Ghostbusters HQ or whatever.

edit: well, i'm glad i typed that. helpful! ;)
( grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:33, archived)

because
no phone numbers in the US actually begin with 555. It's to prevent bored people from dialing up numbers mentioned on TV shows and harassing some random person.
(norumbegan, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:33, archived)

Interjections 'r' us.
They do, however, occasionally use real numbers in movies/shows. The number of JD's cellphone in Scrubs, for instance, is a real number - if you call it, you get through to either an answering service that updates you with info on the show or, if you call at the right time, someone on set might pick it up. Hot damn, random info.
(the nightmare of cake, Fri 24 Feb 2006, 1:06, archived)

^pick any one of the above^

( The Great Architect, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:34, archived)

cheers.

( Count Vanderhoff blah blah etc etc, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:36, archived)

hahaha
*over-explains*
( Just Flange Eiwit, the mighty ENDOSPERM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:40, archived)

So
Let me get this straight? They don't use the phone number prefix 555 why?
( Piggers woo, married nearly 8 months, go team me!, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:59, archived)

there all cnuts?

(pdjpdj, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:36, archived)