Illinois woman named Jenny finally gets her 867-5309 license plate

[matcom]

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It all started with a phone number.

A seemingly random combination of digits that served as the inspiration for an early '80s pop song and a recent TV commercial is now the license plate number for Schaumburg resident Jennifer Fletcher's Jeep Cherokee.

But the endless efforts of mathematicians to calculate the final digits of the geometric formula Pi almost pale in comparison to Fletcher's persistent pursuit of her preferred permutation.

"867-5309/Jenny" was Tommy Tutone's catchy 1982 hit about the possibility of true love found in a girl's phone number written on a wall.

Although Fletcher shares the name of the song's celebrated heroine, the thought of making the number her license plate didn't occur to her until last year.

Idling in traffic, she noticed that the new random Illinois license plate numbers featured all numerals. As the numbers started getting higher in sequence, the thought of getting that number got too good to pass up.

"I've been inquiring to the secretary of state's office for over a year with phone numbers, e-mails, everything," Fletcher said.

http://www.dailyherald.com/search/main_story.asp?intID=3821140

[Yogi]

1. Mine's my anniversary date so I don't forget.

:eyes:

[underpants]

2. Jr. High School in North Carolina too

at least at the time that CLASSIC song came out.

[smada]

3. My plate is taken

I drive a Saab. I wanted SNAAB. Someone's already got it.