reminds me of a Simpsons episode when Chief Wiggum is conducting a trace and the first 3 numbers are 555 so he cancels mid-trace because it's obviously a fake number

Yah, I LOVED that one. Even better was discovering some of my friends didn't understand WHY it was funny, even though they know about the "555" convention used in most fictional media.

I hate to have to ask, but why is that funny?

Borislav