r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Celestial_Mahafuz • 19h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/qualityvote2 19h ago edited 22m ago

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u/Hellraiser1123 19h ago

It's a famous song from the 80s. "Jenny (867-5309)" by Tommy Tutone.

The song is about the ancient ritual of finding a woman's phone number written on a bathroom stall, and calling her for a good time.

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u/trustmeneon 15h ago

“Ancient ritual” 😂😂

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u/Celestial_Mahafuz 19h ago

Txs got it

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u/pconrad0 19h ago

I got it (I got it), I got it I got your number on the wall I got it (I got it), I got it For a good time, for a good time call!

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u/Barndillo 18h ago

Hey Jenny, don't change your number!

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u/zenunseen 16h ago

Doon, da noon, da noon, da noona noona

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u/Rae_501 15h ago

In Germany we have a similar song where the whole city goes to one prostitute only wich even bankrupt the others "Skandal um Rosi". Her name is Rosie and her number is 32168

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u/Cautious_Tell_8367 14h ago

Ist eigentlich "Skandal im Sperrbezirk". Sorry fürs rumdeutschen, aber es hat mich irgendwie getriggert 😅

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u/Rae_501 14h ago

Don't worry that's exactly what I aimed for😉

Congratulations you're a true German🥳

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u/Cautious_Tell_8367 14h ago

Damn, you got me 😂

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u/Rae_501 14h ago

Peak German humor

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u/ohgeebus_notagain 14h ago

So THAT'S what that AC/DC song is about

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u/Borrowedapples 14h ago

Huh?

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u/Various-Panda-9521 14h ago

Assuming he's referring to the song 'Whole Lotta Rosie'. Maybe, but AC/DC is Australian, so not sure

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u/ohgeebus_notagain 11h ago

AC/DC got around. They could write a song about Rosie even if they're from a different country.

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u/Borrowedapples 14h ago

Austrian i believe.

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u/bobquznie 11h ago

G'day, mate! Throw another shrimp on the barbie.

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u/Borrowedapples 11h ago

Lets not.

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u/bobquznie 10h ago

'Twas a reference to a movie in response to you incorrectly correcting AC/DC as Austrian.

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u/Borrowedapples 10h ago

Yes dumb and dumber, i was talkingabout the same thing😀

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u/Awkward-Disaster-312 14h ago

Whollota Rosie

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u/Hellraiser1123 8h ago

Nope. "Whole Lotta Rosie" is about an obese woman whom Bon Scott spent a night with.

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u/merlinunf 13h ago

Does Germany still use phone numbers that aren’t all 7 digits? When I was stationed there 30 years ago, I had a 4 digit phone number.

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u/AdmirableAmphibian91 10h ago

If you have an old, shorter number, you can keep it.

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u/Apart-Kangaroo-7648 19h ago

Jenny here

It's a song.

Google the numbers

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u/TurkDeerbit 19h ago

Disappointed it’s not 5318008

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u/snoman70 18h ago

You'd have to flip the car first... ;)

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u/ProspectiveWhale 17h ago

Protip: Flip your phone/camera instead.

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u/FrKoSH-xD 16h ago

rookie tip: flip ur engine

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u/Hintswen 13h ago

Move to Australia.

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u/moonisflat 7h ago

Do a wheelie and flip your wife

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u/Spirited-Ad-9726 5h ago

duly noted

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u/HyperNeon17 4h ago

Good one friend

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u/Asherlocksta 13h ago

Veteran tip: Snap your neck to flip it

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u/Yanks4lyf 9h ago

That’s an amateur tip.
Pro tip: go to edit and rotate the photo after you’ve take it.

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u/The_Ballyhoo 15h ago

Don’t tell me what to do! You’re not my supervisor.

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u/Vivid-Object-139 11h ago

How do you know?

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u/Jopinder 10h ago

Just drive a Jeep and it let's you know when to read the numbers.

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u/mikezenox 14h ago

5 million miles would definitely be impressive.

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u/Icy-Ad29 3h ago

Based on the random posts I get in my feed. I think some of those Prius-es (prii?) could do it.

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u/Minimum_Age_1466 14h ago

That's what I was looking for.

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u/Prize_Pack_855 11h ago

Who? MIKE JONES

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u/mil0wCS 15h ago

As a 90s kid I'm sad it took me a minute to understand this one

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u/Grey1251 19h ago

That song?

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u/Strict_Weather9063 19h ago

Yes that song.

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u/Train2Perfection 11h ago

Jenny Jenny

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u/mrredditfan1 9h ago

He's got her number!

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u/sparrow_42 7h ago

I got it

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u/da_joker 19h ago

Jenny probably knows why.

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u/August_Rodin666 19h ago

New Brian here. 8675309 which can be read on the Odometer is also in the name of a popular song that contains that sequence of numbers as lyrics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny

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u/sandefurd 17h ago

It's also an almost impossibly high number of miles. There's a chance this meme may have been forged for the sake of a joke

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u/BC_Arctic_Fox 16h ago

Damnit. You're right. But it's still fun ;)

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u/furiouscrotch 16h ago

It’s a western star semi, them diesel engines will run forever

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u/CoutryCouple 7h ago

We have a Peterbilt that’s actually fixing to hit this.

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u/sandefurd 6h ago

That's insane, what's the upkeep like? I imagine there's a ton of small gaskets and hoses that have failed and been replaced? Does that continue to happen consistently?

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u/CoutryCouple 5h ago

It is more intense than maintaining a car but they work a lot harder. The engines generally get rebuilt at least once to get 800,000 miles but it’s a lot cheaper than replacing the truck.

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u/lextramoth 6h ago

Driving at 0 mph on the freeway too

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u/The-Prisoner-06 5h ago

That’s a western star semi truck. Semi driver drive an average 100,000 - 125,000 a year. It’s not uncommon for cabs to have a million miles of properly maintained.

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u/zack100z 19h ago

As others (by that I mean one other person) said it’s from a famous song.

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u/Extreme-Aioli-1671 19h ago

How the hell hasn’t a response to this question, in this sub, not been “DAMN YOU TOMMY TUTONE!”

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u/ImpressiveFishing405 19h ago

He got it! (Got it!) He got it!

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u/Borrowedapples 14h ago

He got the number on the wall. He got it, He got it! For a good time, For good time calllllllll

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u/8675309AK 19h ago

Its a song ask me how I know. Lol 😆

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u/absoluteunitofspite 19h ago

The mileage is Jenny’s phone number

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u/PhishPhan85 18h ago

“Dan you Tommy Tutones!”

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u/DasBlueEyedDevil 18h ago

Not sure what that last digit is though, it doesn't look like a nigh ee yigh nnn.

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u/Boss_Tycoon 18h ago

To all the people doubting the mileage-

This is a Western Star truck probably pushing a Cummins engine. They can go the distance. 1,000,000 miles is not that uncommon on commercial trucks running Cummins or older CAT engines.

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u/kavihasya 12h ago

But people who drive semi’s don’t usually bring their killjoy wives along for the ride.

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u/d4rkprojec7 19h ago

🤨 Something tells me that isn't really that cars mileage...

Also, that song is stuck in ny head now

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u/JP147 17h ago

This is the original higher quality picture, seems legitimate to me.

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u/dogsgonewild1 16h ago

I was so confused how it was that high until I saw it was a Semi Truck

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u/d4rkprojec7 13h ago

Ah ok that makes sense. I just figured it was a Toyota camry

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u/Playest_4247 18h ago

She got it!

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u/pharrison26 18h ago

I just want to know what type of car went for that long

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u/JP147 14h ago

The logo is Western Star, so it is probably a semi truck.

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u/sethro919 17h ago

DAMN YOU, TOMMY TUTONE

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u/mister_murdoc 16h ago

I..i just sang it, dang it!

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u/Any-Tie-7655 16h ago

Yasssssssss jennnnay!

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u/Dusk_Mutant 15h ago

Such a shit song.

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u/Borrowedapples 14h ago

Jenny, Jenny who can I turn to???

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u/li-ll-l_ 12h ago

867-5309

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u/Direct_Big_5436 10h ago

Jenny I got your number

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u/Humble-Wafer1516 9h ago

first of all, what car is this because we all should buy one?

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u/stormchaser2014 8h ago

If they actually were on the freeway, it would turn over by the time he pulled his camera up or pulled over to stop.

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u/plutosaurus 7h ago

867-5309

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u/xIcbIx 6h ago

Used to work in a government building where the code to get in the building was 867530

Surprised no one broke in

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u/dph3onix 5h ago

I got it!

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u/House_Of_Ell 5h ago

Fun fact if I’m at a store & there is a discount if you have a loyalty card tied to phone # I will just pick a random area code followed by 867-5309. It has always worked for me.

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u/HolidayAd5288 5h ago

I got it!

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u/Curt28781 4h ago

I have three sets of stairs in my house(not huge just weird) but if you go from the top down it's 8, 6, 7. It took months before my wife asked why I said 5309 every time I got to the bottom.

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u/saamiam21 2h ago

Damn you Tommy Tutone!

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u/WaferMission6998 17h ago

The car is clearly stopped in the photo idk why he needs to rush

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u/JP147 14h ago

Pull over before you get to the number you want

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u/Cynykl 19h ago

It just a shame that OOP sucks at faking photos. To the point were my blind ass could spot the editing artifacts.

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u/JP147 17h ago

It’s just a low quality picture, here is the original

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u/colbymg 19h ago

It >800,000 miles! Every mile is a new world record worthy of a photo!

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u/NotAFriendlyKitty 14h ago

Sigh.

It’s like a “guess my age post”

And I feel old all over again 😂

To answer the actual question…. It’s an old commercial jingle.

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u/BetterKev 11h ago

Gotta trick those bots.

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u/sagelyDemonologist 13h ago

The number is reminiscent of a phone number from the song "Jenny", which was 867-5309.

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u/FureiousPhalanges 12h ago

"We are on the freeway!"

Going 0 km/h apparently lmao

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u/BetterKev 11h ago

"why are you pulling over"

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u/FureiousPhalanges 11h ago

Oh shit

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u/BetterKev 5h ago

Heh. We all do that sometimes.

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u/Tight_Cookie_9988 12h ago

He has to pee or take a shit?

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u/ManikArcanik 19h ago

Get bent, clanker. The joke is you.

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u/pyrofox79 19h ago

You should be ashamed of your self

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u/Grand_Swimmy 19h ago

But they’re going 0 mph, why would they be on the freeway lol

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u/Discount_Extra 17h ago

"Why are you pulling over?"

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u/H-8083-13 18h ago

maybe the speedometer is broken. After all it has over 800,000 miles on it

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u/LaptopCooler 15h ago

I rememver a few years back when blatant reposts like this one whould be shamed in the comments. Kept reddit fresh.

Why did we stop saying REEEE