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LauriP
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Laurianne
Hertford
North Carolina
USA
239 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 30 2008 : 08:47:42 AM
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>>  << Ok...so reallly early this morning, I was laying in bed, half awake, half asleep, when I realize the phone is ringing. Now, mind you, this is at 1:45, not an hour that most people get phone calls. 'Cept the nasty ones that everybody loathes, hates and can Not tolerate.
So, for lack of any sense, I shout to Tom, "The Phones Ringing!!", like it's not obvious...I jump out of bed, run to the kitchen (our old phone in the bedroom died a sad and terrible death..) grab the receiver...and hear just breathing.
Now I don't know whether or not to be angry, I'm already scared, 'cause I'm thinking it's just Horrid News..and then I hear this very, very drunk voice say, "Hiii.." I ask, "Who is this, please?!" Then I hear another slurred sentence, that says, "Hi...is youuurr refri'gerater runninggg?"
I am happy to say that who ever designer our phone, has it built to withstand some smashing into it's holder..as that is what I did immediately after I heard this drunk slurr into our phone. I didnt know whether or not to laugh, cry, scream, just What To Do.
So I marched back to bed. Mumbling. Tom asked half asleep, "Who was that?" I took a breath, an' said, "Some drunk woman, wondering if our refrigerator was running..." He just went back to sleep..
Why do these things happen? And why does it always seem like I'm the one (you can put yourself in this question..) who it happens to??!
~~ Just a question for the day..
> Laurianne < |
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
2087 Posts |
Posted - Dec 30 2008 : 08:53:39 AM
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awwww, well i guess you should laugh at that one......thank the stars it was a random drunk not a real emergency!!! thank god. My ex's mother got an obscene phone call that wanted to know if she was doing this to her ummm male anatomy?! She clearly sounds like a woman on the phone too!
**~~Farmgirl Sister #60~~**
"... to thine ownself be true."
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K-Falls Farmgirl
Chapter Leader
2096 Posts
Cheryl
Klamath Falls
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Dec 30 2008 : 09:03:46 AM
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I think this why I have an answering machine...You can always call back the caller if they leave a message or not. I used to jump at the first ring to answer on two.. *Drilled in me at work* Then I remembered I am Retired and My kids would never call me without leaving a message.
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Cheryl #309
Farm girl sister
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
2087 Posts |
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LauriP
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Laurianne
Hertford
North Carolina
USA
239 Posts |
Posted - Dec 30 2008 : 09:51:18 AM
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Ohh..great idea! -- kinda like a no-brainer, but I just haven't had the time to program in a "people we know" kinda thing into our phone. I guess I'm waiting to see whether or not the phone in the kitchen lasts longer than 3 months..LOL!
As for the drunk lady.. ... well, she has more problems than I wanna know about! Ack! Puts things into some kind of perspective, I guess!
I'll check with our phone Co. to see what they have available for our phone line, so I don't have to hope out of bed at 1:45 ever, Evah again!!
>> Laurianne << |
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wild daisy
True Blue Farmgirl
503 Posts
Madelynne
Billings
Montana
USA
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Posted - Dec 30 2008 : 10:00:29 AM
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I have an answering machine (with the generic message) and caller ID. I not only hate those prank calls in the middle of the night but those that call me in the middle of the day. I too just let the answering machine pick up the calls from callers I don't know and I will either pick up if I need to answer or call them back. The best thing about the answer machine is I can always delete.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Dec 30 2008 : 10:18:16 AM
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If you have *69 on your phone you can it traces the call and you can report it to the phone company that a certain phone number has called you at late hours prank calling.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
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simplyflowers
True Blue Farmgirl
489 Posts
Jamie
Locust Grove
Virginia
USA
489 Posts |
Posted - Dec 30 2008 : 10:36:58 AM
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OMG! Once I answered and realized it was no emergency....I would have slammed the phone just the same...AND STARTED LAUGHING!!!
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas Edison
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Dec 30 2008 : 11:14:13 AM
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I had this happen last month, in the middle of the night on my cell phone, which is strange, because NO One really has that number. It was around 11:30 and I just drifted off to sleep. I answered, groggily, and heard a desperate "Where the H*** have you been?" I was like " Apparantley, not with you." (Thank goodness for a quick wit, though still half asleep.)All I heard was a BIG pause and then "Sorry, ummm...wrong number." CLICK!!! HA!!! : )
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
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Posted - Dec 30 2008 : 11:18:46 AM
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My Mammy 82 years young mind you keeps getting calls on her cell and texts saying why haven't you replied. Well FINALLY she did and said well I'm replying but I don't think it's who you wanted. lol
IDK I welcome those semi annoying but often amusing moments in my life. I've had interesting telemarketers. We have a family joke between mum and I about this one that had a deep manly voice and then said bye bye in a high squeaky tone and we called it a bye bye.
Has anyone ever read/heard of Thurber's story on the Sympathizer and how the guy called the phone company and heard about the sympathizer?
**~~Farmgirl Sister #60~~**
"... to thine ownself be true."
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Dec 30 2008 : 11:20:04 AM
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This reminds me, we used to call stores and ask if they had Prince Albert in a can. This was way back when you could buy Prince Albert Tobacco in a can. They would say yes and we would say, Let him out. This was about 60+ years ago. Not funny now.
It also reminds me of the one obsene phone call I received. I told the caller that what he suggested sounded interesting but first he had to take me to dinner at a really nice place and some really nice wine. Flowers and candy would be nice too. Anyway, after I listed all my conditions, He hung up on ME! |
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jennym
True Blue Farmgirl
76 Posts
Jenny
Green Lane
PA
USA
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Posted - Dec 30 2008 : 3:54:22 PM
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When my sister and I were little, one evening the phone rang, and she picked up the phone. The caller said, "Well, you sound like a nice little girl." She hung up and said to my mom, "I just got an obscene phone call!" At that moment the phone rang again and my mom quickly picked it up and was ready to read the riot act to whoever it was....well, it was my grandfather and he was laughing so hard he could hardly talk. I guess he just didn't realize how it might sound!
Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10 |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
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Posted - Dec 30 2008 : 5:54:42 PM
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oook. i scan my calls with caller id, but i will admit here that I have done this kind of calling too..in my "sowing wild oats" days. ;) Of course, I wasn't drunk and I usually hit speed dial so I knew it was someone who knew me.
Sorry you have to be awakened by this oat sowers! :O) Thank goodness it wasn't a real emergency. You shoulda said no, my fridge isn't, but my nose is....got a tissue? (eww...lol)
hugs
Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work You don't give up.
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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1007 Posts
~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
1007 Posts |
Posted - Dec 30 2008 : 7:24:56 PM
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I remember doing just that when we were young, I had to giggle at that...I know its not funny when us oldies have to get up at that time of the morning, unless your like me and cannot sleep anyhows...Must be in my 50's, huh?
Farmgirl Sister #368
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
890 Posts |
Posted - Dec 31 2008 : 7:25:13 PM
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This reminds me of my little Grandma. Long before caller id.
If one would call her, after a minute or so of "Hi-How are ya's"
one would usually get a response of:
"Hang on, let me get a cigarette."
Soooo,one evening she gets an obscene phone call. However, at first it didn't register that it was pervert calling. A delayed reaction.
So during the delay, she had said to him, "Hang on while I get a cigarette." 
He hung up on her. We still chuckle over it.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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