How OP probably felt:

I had this weird syncronisticity a few years back where at least once a week I'd look at the time it it'd be 4:04. I'd often say "404: Time not found" and literally nobody ever got it so I started just saying it in my head instead.

That joke was 403

C'mon buddy. You need to give these jokes a REST

If it helps, it's the only thing I think of wherever I encounter it, bus lines, taxi numbers, number plates, street numbers, you name it.

So, yeah, I think it's funny.

That's why I prefer to hold meetings in room 200. That way everyone finds the room without even having to read the number.

I refrained from using that joke with my wife as we walked to our hotel room 404 as I knew she wouldn’t get it and would think I was pathetic. 😄

But I'm a teapot!

Hopefully your gf doesn't give you status code 416

We had a costume contest at work and the room voted for the guy who wrote "404 costume not found" with sharpie on a white T-shirt. People went full out cosplay, but the gen pop rewarded the slacker. Lost some faith that day

We have a Highway 404 in Ontario. I've made a similar joke as OP couple of times and noone laughed once.

Insert HTTP Cats reference here

Should we tell the real story?

Those friends were probably in room 420

I would have gotten the joke, but probably not laughed.

I would have laughed my ass off.

That is 100% comedy gold.

I would have happily told your to 302 see other meeting room.

I have made this joke about atlanta area codes in phone numbers a few times, rarely lands.

Depends on your friends I guess?

I'da told him: "I walked into here and couldn't see a thing so I opened this one."

The joke might have landed if the hotel name was Safari or Chrome.