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Seattle Man Cursed with the Burden of Having Sir Mix-a-Lot's Old Phone Number

It is as weird as you could imagine.
Image via Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back" video on YouTube

One of life's minor annoyances is getting a new cell phone number, only to start receiving calls and texts from people thinking they're reaching whoever had that number before you did. Now, imagine that person were particularly popular, or perhaps famous, and people were blowing your phone up around the clock. On top of all that, imagine the person with that phone number was responsible for "Baby Got Back"—perhaps the most overtly ridiculous anthem of all time—because you have Sir Mix-a-Lot's old phone number.

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This is Jonathan Nichols' truth, and he lives it every day.

Nichols was recently interviewed by the Seattle Times about what it's like to have Sir Mix-a-Lot's old phone number (no, not 1-900-MIXALOT). He received the number in 2012, as a law student at Seattle University, and quickly began to receive propositions from car dealerships, sexts, offers of free concert tickets, and everything in between.

Now a public interest attorney, according to the Times he has so far not indulged in whatever spoils are being offered to Sir Mix-a-Lot's phone. "'No false representations' is one of the rules of the bar," he told the Times.

When reached for comment, Sir Mix-a-Lot said to the Seattle Times, "Tell him any really sexy pictures—little in the middle, and if she's got much back—give them the new number."