The big fuss about numbers

Some people attach way too much importance to telephone numbers...in a disturbingly emotional and clingy way.

You will often come across people who will feel offended and hurt if you cannot recite off their phone numbers. These people probably take the phrase “memorizing by heart” literally.

You remember the person if you find the person fascinating. You remember the phone number if you find the phone number fascinating.

For other numbers there is the phone book where numbers can be saved.

The following are the attributes of a memorable phone number.

1. The number is an emergency helpline number.

Eg. Police station

2. The number is a finite repetition of a single digit.

Eg. 88888888

3. The number has a catchy or at least intriguing rhyme scheme.

Eg. 949494 or at least 357595

4. The number is a popular series.

Eg. 12358

5. The number triggers off some personal memory.

Eg. You figure out your own example. Why would I share any of mine?

6. The number has some dirty connotation.

Eg. Again I trust you to figure out your own example. 

Now if your phone number does not fall into the above categories do not expect your friends, family members, acquaintances or anyone to remember your number. It does not mean you do not create an impact on the person...it just means your telephone number does not.

PS: Oh...I forgot...there is someone who would remember your number no matter how many times you change it and no matter how random a concoction of digits your number be...this person is called a stalker. J