Popcorn

This article is about the telephone service. For the food, see Popcorn . For other uses of the word, see Popcorn (disambiguation) .

POPCORN is a Telephone Acronym for the number '''767-2676''', which, for all Area Code s in Northern California , serves as a telephone-based Speaking Clock service.

MESSAGE

The message presented by the service can be in the following example format:
:"Good morning. At the tone, Pacific Standard Time will be 9:52 and ten seconds. ''tone''"
This message will repeat every ten seconds; the seconds portion is always given in multiples of ten, or is omitted for the word "exactly". The first part of the message will change to "Good afternoon" or "Good evening" according to the time of day, and during Daylight Saving Time , the time will be given as " Pacific Daylight Time ".

767 EXCHANGE

The speaking clock service is actually active for all numbers of the format 767-xxxx, but "POPCORN" is the most popular acronym, and is even used in common speech.

REFERENCES IN POPULAR CULTURE

The intro to the song "Blowin' Hot Air" by The Click features a sample taken from POPCORN.

The intro to the song "4-2-0" by .

IN OTHER LOCATIONS

In other locations, different telephone exchanges are used for the speaking clock service. In these areas, the numbers are usually quoted with the -xxxx or '''-1212''' ending.

853 is the reserved exchange in Southern California .

622 is the reserved exchange in Florida .

637 is the reserved exchange in Boston .

936 is used in Boston for weather and Washington D.C. for both time and weather information.

In the United Kingdom, dialling "123" from any landline provides the following announcement (e.g. at 21:49:20):

:"At the third stroke, the time sponsored by Accurist will be twenty-one, forty-nine and twenty seconds. Beep, beep, beep."

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