Meanderings of your typical Southern, small-town, kayaking, nonconformist, Parrothead "yupneck" (half-yuppie, half-redneck)
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Jenny, I got your number ...
It's been over 25 years since Tommy Tutone got Jenny's number off the wall and into my head. Now, I've got pin numbers at the bank, a dozen personal Internet passwords, 20 more passwords at work, and every year when it's time to renew my health insurance, I have to request my forgotten password. Yet, I'll never forget 867-5309, as I discovered when I heard that song for the first time in years this morning.
2 comments:
Anonymous
said...
I'd like to think it's the name that makes the song so memorable and not the phone #.
I'm currently the director of communications at The Fuller Center for Housing in Americus, Ga.
I grew up in Oglethorpe, Ga., which literally has just one traffic light, and I remain a small-town boy at heart. I consider myself a "yupneck," which is half-yuppie, half-redneck.
I've written for the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer since 1997. I've also worked as a sports writer and columnist at newspapers in Americus, Valdosta and Montezuma, all in Georgia.
Ideally, I'd live out the rest of my days as a novelist living in relative seclusion somewhere on the beautiful Georgia Coast, dragging my kayak onto lonesome beaches and jotting down the occasional story idea.
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I'd like to think it's the name that makes the song so memorable and not the phone #.
-JJP
Well, admittedly, the visual of JJ probably doesn't hinder the memory.
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