Hunyo 14, 2013

"Justice Kagan covertly references Tommy Tutone's '80s hit 'Jenny' on p.2 of #SCOTUS opinion."

Tweets Ted Frank, via Throwing Things.

Here's the opinion (PDF):
Under that contract, a company may transport cargo at the Port in exchange for complying with various requirements. The two directly at issue here compel the company to (1) affix a placard on each truck with a phone number for reporting environmental or safety concerns (You’ve seen the type: “How am I driving? 213–867–5309”) and (2) submit a plan listing off-street parking locations for each truck when not in service. 
Here's the song.

27 komento:

Leland ayon kay ...

I will despise you for the rest of the day.

AARRRGHGHHH Make it Stop!!!

rhhardin ayon kay ...

The odd rebellious trucker has a How Am I Driving? 1-800-EAT-SHIT sign.

rhhardin ayon kay ...

Pennsylvania-6-5000 Glenn Miller

Methadras ayon kay ...

Interesting she would use a Los Angeles area code.

john ayon kay ...

More correctly:

"Eight six seven five three oh-oh nieyine"

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Beechwood 4-5789, you can call me up and have a date, any old time.

The Orlons.

Saint Croix ayon kay ...

I love that song! Best stalker song ever. And it's such a sweet stalker song. You kinda like that poor damn stalker.

Just can't get that number out of my head!

Kudos to Kagan.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Oh, no, not The Orlons, The Marvellettes.

Eric the Fruit Bat ayon kay ...

111-1111.

111-1112.

111-1113.

Saint Croix ayon kay ...



I think Tommy Tutone was an L.A. band, actually.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

But if you do call Beechwood 4-5789, Don't Hang Up.

I'm getting my telephone songs from 1962 mixed up.

Saint Croix ayon kay ...

The pissed off the Buffalo chief of police, apparently.

Saint Croix ayon kay ...

What makes that song so brilliant is that it's 3 minutes of pure sexual obsession. Without being dirty at all!

And I'm not sure if the chorus is supposed to be all the men in the world who want Jenny, or all the voices in his head.

Most messed up and subliminally dangerous catchy pop tune ever!

Palladian ayon kay ...

606-0842

Richard Dolan ayon kay ...

I suppose the great and mighty have to find a way to amuse themselves (and us) while they go about the dreary business of churning out judicial opinions.

lemondog ayon kay ...

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213–867–5309 connects to Blanchard Technology Corporation - West Wendover, Nevada, United State...

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

OK so what are the odds that came from Justice Kagan or from someone on her staff? I don't want her getting full cred for someone else's idea, this is not like a legal opinion.

lgv ayon kay ...

I remember getting a girl's phone number at the end of the night at some club back in the day.

You guessed it, 867-5309. I was pissed off. Not at the deception, but that it took me so long to recognize it. At least I didn't call it.

I remember them looking for Tommy Tutone in one of those VH1 shows. They find him working as a computer programmer or something.

Titus ayon kay ...

She seems to be a jovial and jolly lesbian.

deborah ayon kay ...

Rikki, don't lose that number.

Saint Croix ayon kay ...

"I tried my imagination, but I was disturbed."

Was he disturbed like Phoebe Cates walking in on him?

Or is he disturbed like Green Day? He's so messed up he can't even masturbate. Poor, poor stalker.

Hey, at least your tempo is upbeat!

Crunchy Frog ayon kay ...

Most messed up and subliminally dangerous catchy pop tune ever!

Nah, it's quite upfront about it. You want a creepy stalker tune disguised as a catchy love song? You gotta go with "Every Breath You Take" by the Police

Dr Weevil ayon kay ...

Back in the days of two-letter exchanges, Big Joe Turner had a song that mentioned the number "Cherry I-8-1-2". Too bad about the extra letter and missing digits.

Dr Weevil ayon kay ...

Rudy Protrudi, whoever he is, took a perfectly pleasant Patsy Cline song, "Walking after Midnight", and made it seriously creepy by changing one word:

"I go out stalking after midnight
Out in the moonlight just like we used to do
I'm always stalking after midnight searching for you
I walk for miles along the highway
Well that's just my way of saying I love you
I'm always stalking after midnight searching for you", and so on.

Methadras ayon kay ...

Saint Croix said...

I love that song! Best stalker song ever. And it's such a sweet stalker song. You kinda like that poor damn stalker.

Just can't get that number out of my head!

Kudos to Kagan.


Actually, I thought Every Breath You Take was the best stalker song.

Methadras ayon kay ...

lemondog said...

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Weird that a 213 area code gets transferred to a nevada corporation.

Saint Croix ayon kay ...

I thought Every Breath You Take was the best stalker song.

no, that one's creepy.

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