Posted on 01/05/2011 9:06:03 AM PST by La Lydia
Yesterday in Winnetka, Illinois, a 30-person SWAT team crashed into a middle school to save an employee. His wife had frantically called the police after a garbled phone call led her to believe he had been kidnapped. However, they soon discovered that the man had just accidentally “butt dialed” her while listening to music and was completely fine. Yes, this story is basically what would happen if Clark Griswold had a cell phone. It all started because the employee (who, unsurprisingly, is attempting to avoid the press at this point) was listening to a rap song in his car when his phone accidentally dialed the wife at home. The lyrics, which have been described by the school’s co-superintendent as “gangster-like” scared her and she quickly dialed 911. Soon, there was quite a stir outside of the building.
From the Chicago Tribune:
“About 500 seventh- and eighth-graders attend the middle school, but they had left for the day when the call was placed. The incident caused quite a stir in the usually quiet Winnetka neighborhood. The massive police presence interrupted a closed-door school board meeting, where directors were debating whom to hire as the next superintendent. Outside the building, a crowd of worried residents started to gather.
Police officers were stationed near each entrance to the school and at a nearby bus stop. Those inside the building carried shields and guns and wore helmets with face shields. At one point three news media choppers hovered overhead.”
Remember, folks: key lock your phones!
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one of the downsides of these “smart” phones.
Mine calls people, seemingly all on its own, quite frequently.
SOmetimes I’ll pick it up and it’s video recording function is on.
I like it. LOL
You should always be aware of what your butt is doing behind your back.
My family has named them “pocket calls”.
Butt texting, now that's an entirely different subject for an entirely different forum.
Good thing I never called 911, claimed she was going thru a midlife crisis and was depressed, and claimed she had a gun.
Next time, choose a smart phone without a keyboard. Problem solved!
Had a “pants call” that was hilarious. It was hard to hear what they were saying, and we wouldn't have listened so closely to it except that they were talking about US!
“X and Y, he is tall, she has the NICE... (in the background the other guy says “huuuuuuuuuge”) casabas.”
We confronted our friend, humorously, and he denied ever using the term “casabas” to describe a portion of the female anatomy.
So we had him listen to the call.
His reply was absolutely Clintonian! “I can no longer deny that I have used the word ‘casabas’.”
LOL!!!
Someone butt-dialed me this morning.
I have been known to drop my phone in my bra...we tend to call it “boob” dialing.
If you lived in the US a couple years ago, you would have gotten as tired of that commercial as the rest of us did.
“Hey Butt, what’s up?”
Butt dialing has been around for a while, and alot of times it happens at the worst possible moment.
Me too....I hope 'air pressure' can't set off my phone; if so, I've got some potential problems.
Ha! Good one!
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