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by 52-6F-62 3110 days ago
I still have my ICQ number burned into my brain. There are other, more important, numbers I should be remembering and at times cannot, but that ICQ number is there.
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Tangent for UK people: I have the emergency services number from The IT Crowd burned into my brain too: 01189998819991197253

WHY?!

Well, that's easy to remember!
US person here, singing the song in my head as I read your comment :)
There it is—my yearly reminder to rewatch that show. Cheers.
I was quite proud of my 7-digit (in ICQ world, the SMALLER the UIN (why do I still remember these acronyms!) the BIGGER your penis was) ICQ number that started with 404.

404. Quite clever, eh? I guess there was a lot more HTTP 404 errors back then.

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Yes, I too remember my ICQ number but not the birthdays of... I PLEAD THE FIFTH YOUR HONOR!

I do too, but I have no idea what my password is.