My parents phone # was one digit off from the big grocery store. About once a month we’d get a misdial. In my more uncharitable moments I would play along. “Oh yes ma’am, we’ll send one out right away.” Yeesh. Idle hands really is you-know-what. Sorry lady, wherever you are. :)
Back when all of NYC had the 212 area code, my phone # was xxy-1234. Some friends at work had it as xyy-1234.....which at the time was actually the Secret Service.
“My parents phone # was one digit off from the big grocery store. About once a month we’d get a misdial. In my more uncharitable moments I would play along. “Oh yes ma’am, we’ll send one out right away.”
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That’s funny, but I think I can one up you on it. My family had a number that was very close to that of a quite famous politician (whom shall remain nameless). Every once in a while someone would mis-dial, asking for comment on this or that. Being a smartass teen, I played along being fairly good at imitating the politico.
I dunno if anything was ever used in the news, though. But I had my laughs, that’s all I cared about anyway. Being a typical teenager I didn’t care much about the news.