Where did she get all those pills? I asked my mom.
Nobody knows, said my mom. Maybe she called 1-800-PILL. Who knows.
Thanks.
"1-800-PILL" is a (presumably) fictitious telephone number. e. caller does not pay for the call), and "PILL" represents the digits that those letters map to on a telephone dialling pad.
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"1-800-PILL" is a (presumably) fictitious telephone number. 1-800 is the "toll-free" prefix in the US (i.e. caller does not pay for the call), and "PILL" represents the digits that those letters map to on a telephone dialling pad. Some companies try to get phone numbers that spell out words relevant to their business, so that the numbers are easy for people to remember.