Programmer/Developer Humor

[sjrcpa]

I did a Teams meeting today to help a colleague with a tax return. She uses CCH Axcess.

When she calculated the return, a picture of a calculator appeared. Where the totals would appear in a handheld, 8675309 started flashing by. Internet was a little slow so we got to see it for a while. She had not noticed this before.

Especially for Jeff.

[IRonMaN]

For the record, that's my favorite number 😊

[NeonDrifterX]

Sounds like a quirky Easter egg or a glitch—8675309 is a famous song reference!

[IRonMaN]

My lip is bleeding again😶

[abctax55]

@NeonDrifterX 

Really?  Who knew... is there a name connected to that famous song/number?

[IRonMaN]

That one is easy - the Beatles released Hey Jude on August 26, 1968.

[sjrcpa]

@NeonDrifterX Welcome to the forums/zoo.

We are well aware and reference 8675309 frequently.

[George4Tacks]

@NeonDrifterX Welcome to the nut farm. Look at a real phone, you know those old things that had letters tied to the numbers. Do you remember when when had prefixes. I grew up with OLiver, SYcamore, BRowning, ... where the first two letters did the first two numbers. Way back when, it was determined that humans could not remember long numbers so phone number became SYcamore3-1234, cuz that was easier than 793-1234.

There was once a little tune to call JENNY. That has become an inside joke here. We often digress into the world of NOT TAX.

[abctax55]

J = Jude

J = Jenny

Close enough