The Essential Beeper Codes You Might Have Forgotten

    Before text messaging, we communicated using numbers like prehistoric '90s robots. Here's a quick refresher.

    01*01*01 = "Don't have a cow"

    05*05 = "Margaritas, dude!"

    09 = "Why don't you get a cordless phone like regular people?"

    100*200*300 = "I can't see you anymore"

    10000 = "Let's go for a swim"

    143 = "I love you"

    1432222222 = "I love you soo much"

    1443 = "I don't love you"

    187 = "You're dead"

    255 = "I'm at a payphone, hurry"

    304 = "Ho Ho Ho"

    35006*17715 = "Silly goose"

    380 = "Your last page has me smiling"

    400 = "Wanna hear something stupid?"

    415 = "Get an attitude adjustment"

    440 = "Hey clown, cheer up"

    54321 = "I'm ready to explode"

    6*8*1*9*8*17 = "U B 6 I B 9"

    60*70*00012 = "Go to the door"

    62180 = "I'm grounded"

    710 = "I'm out of gas"

    8255 = "Get your butt over here now"

    90210 = "What a snob"

    9500 = "Friends"

    9779 = "Mmmmmm"

    99*44*100 = "I'm almost totally completely bored"

    99 = "Nighty night"

    All codes courtesy this ancient relic.