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(Federal)Duck Stamp includes phone-sex number (Major-League Typo!)
Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) ^ | 9/04/08 | Paul Walsh - Staff Reporter

Posted on 09/04/2008 9:08:45 AM PDT by MplsSteve

The federal government says it has no choice but to reluctantly keep distributing to millions of waterfowl hunters a toll-free phone-sex-service number that features a breathy woman promising callers that they can "talk only to the girls who turn you on" for $1.99 per minute.

About 3.5 million federal "duck stamps," featuring artwork by a Plymouth artist, are affixed to a card that bears the misprinted number, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday.

All waterfowl hunters age 16 and older must buy and carry the current Migratory Bird Conservation and Hunting Stamp, commonly known as the duck stamp. Sales of the stamp, which is produced by the U.S. Postal Service for Fish and Wildlife, raise about $25 million each year to fund wetland habitat acquisition for the national Wildlife Refuge System. The agency annually sells about 120,000 federal duck stamps in Minnesota. The stamp isn't valid for routine postage.

Rachel Levin, a Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman, called the misprint, which connects callers to a phone-sex service, "an unfortunate typographical error" that her agency "really regrets." She adds that the agency will keep selling the $15 stamps with the naughty number because reprinting the card would cost too much.

The correct number, 1-800-STAMP24 (1-800-782-6724), is for people wishing to order additional duck stamps. Levin said two digits of the phone number are transposed on the card that holds the self-adhesive version of the stamp. That incorrect number, 1-800-872-6724, translates to 1-800-TRAMP24. Callers to "Intimate Connections" are warned that they must be 18 years or older before proceeding.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: duckstamp; govwatch; phonesex; typo
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To: MplsSteve

21 posted on 09/04/2008 11:01:58 AM PDT by uglybiker (I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
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To: MplsSteve
Comments or opinions - anyone?

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Duck Hunters-- UNTIE !......LOL....(Can't wait for next season)

22 posted on 09/04/2008 11:05:58 AM PDT by litehaus (A memory tooooo long)
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To: garyb
6. Buy out the phone number.

Or you could let them keep the number and get personalized forwarding for under two bucks a minute...

V-e-r-y personalized.

23 posted on 09/04/2008 11:07:24 AM PDT by ArmstedFragg
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To: MplsSteve

This is dithpicable!


24 posted on 09/04/2008 11:09:38 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: MplsSteve

“bird porn”. I learned about that from moonbats protesting outside the GOP convention.


25 posted on 09/05/2008 3:17:52 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (Conservatives are to McCain what Charlie Brown is to Lucy.)
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