Weirdest wrong number you've ever had...

tk13 · 03-15-2005, 09:13 PM

I was just trying to call a friend and ended up dialing a wrong number... I guess. Some older sounding lady answered the phone and caught me completely off guard. I said "Wrong number, sorry" and apparently I'd called her before, because she immediately gave me the third degree and told me I'd called her before and she demanded to know who I was. I obviously didn't tell her that but I was just like "wrong number! Sorry!" and eventually just hung up. Very bizarre. I feel like a dumbass. But anyway, what's the weirdest wrong number you've ever dialed, or has ever dialed you?

Eleazar · 03-15-2005, 09:16 PM

I hate when you're the receiver, and the dialer just says "hey, what's up" or something. So you small talk, not wanting to give up that you don't know who it is in case it's someone you know for fear of offending them. Only when they say something off the wall do you know for sure it's a wrong number.

Hoover · 03-15-2005, 09:17 PM

**Skip Towne** · 03-15-2005, 09:28 PM

I like the one's who demand "Who is this"? I say, John Gotti, who is this?

03-15-2005, 09:36 PM

OMG - I have tons of these stories. I'll share only a couple.

If I know who's calling, sometimes I'll mess with them.... People rarely fall for it. When my mother-in-law called a few months ago, I answered the phone "Thanks for calling Pizza Hut, would you like to hear our specials?".... FOUR times she hung up and called back before I burst into laughter. I'm pretty sure there are specific instructions for my exclusion from her will now.

Second story is longer, bear with me. My parents had recently visited their old pastor in Iowa and for some reason left my cell number with them - on a scrap of paper. The guy got the scrap of paper with my number confused with another scrap one afternoon....

He called, identified himself, and asked if I had remembered to adjust my schedule for August. Well, I played like I didn't know what he was talking about - cuz, uh - I didn't. He was asking if I was looking forward to coming to Iowa for a giant gathering they had been planning for months.... I, uh, was supposed to preach. He was getting pretty flustered and pissed that I had forgotten about it, so I assured him that I could easily adjust my schedule and that I'd definitely be there to preach. Then I asked him if he knew to whom he was speaking..... Heh heh. As I identified myself, he knew I was the LAST person he wanted to invite to preach.... But, I played him just the same. The conversation was much longer than the condensed version I've just written for you, but you get the jist....

03-15-2005, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ENDelt260

You tryin' to call me stupid?

Probably. What did I say to you?

chief52 · 03-15-2005, 09:41 PM

My greatest wrong number line comes from a movie, although I do not remember what movie or who, although I am thinking it was Pacino.

"Cathy there? " the incorect caller says to Pacino or whoever.

"Cathy? Sure she is here, but she has my **** in her mouth right now and can not speak...

He then hangs up the phone. I thought it was great. Can you imagine being on the other end of that call!

Wish I could remember what movie and the specifics. This was the gist of the call anyway.

Simplex3 · 03-15-2005, 09:51 PM

I picked up the phone in my first apartment (a real hell hole) and I get a message that this is a phone call from some prison. I stayed on the line thinking one of my buddies needed bail. The second I said "Hello?" the guy on the other end started cursing me out and screaming about how I was f**king his "bitch" in a very hispanic accent. He started asking me where was and I kept saying "wrong number". When he went into the "I'm gonna kill you" the guards cut off the call and told me the wouldn't let him call my number again.

That was fun.

A friend of mine lived off the plaza and his phone number was 753-1563. The Dickinson movie line was 753-1463 (753-show). He'd get several calls a week from people asking for show times, so he started keeping a paper by the phone and giving them a start time 10 or 15 minutes too late.

**Tribal Warfare** · 03-15-2005, 10:14 PM

When I was 12-14 years old I use to call the "Chiefs Hotline" with Gretz as the automated voice. one timeI miss dialed the number and got a phone sex operator

Ultra Peanut · 03-15-2005, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

A friend of mine lived off the plaza and his phone number was 753-1563. The Dickinson movie line was 753-1463 (753-show). He'd get several calls a week from people asking for show times, so he started keeping a paper by the phone and giving them a start time 10 or 15 minutes too late.

http://www.seinfeld-fan.net/videos/moviephone.mov

badgirl · 03-15-2005, 11:15 PM

I called my sister once and the woman on the other end sounded kinda like her and I said "Hey whats up?" she said "Oh nothing", at this point it didn't really sound like her and I said "Is this Gail" and she said yes, it took a minute for me to get it straight, to her and me this isn't whom I am suppose to be calling.

Spott · 03-15-2005, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare

When I was 12-14 years old I use to call the "Chiefs Hotline" with Gretz as the automated voice. one timeI miss dialed the number and got a phone sex operator

That same thing happened to me once. I ended up talking on the phone for about 2 hours that night.

**Rain Man** · 03-15-2005, 11:20 PM

I saw in the Weekly World News a while back that some guy in California dialed a wrong number and got Osama bin Laden's satellite phone. Apparently, Osama was really ticked off and was asking "How did you get this number?"

As for me, I have no interesting wrong number stories myself, other than the time the phone company screwed up, and whenever I called home I got some Spanish-speaking woman. It threw me for a bit.

I did get an answering machine message once from a sultry-sounding woman saying, "Kevin, I had a great time last Friday. When do you want to get together again?" My wife got the message and played it for me and we got a good laugh out of it, though I was bit worried when I said, "What were we doing last Friday night anyway?" My wife said, "I was out of town, and I'm not sure what you were doing." (By the way, my phone message mentioned my name.)

Last story: my dad has a rather annoying tendancy to not identify himself when he calls people, and just says something flip instead. Back when I was a teenager, I remember him calling up his restaurant, and when someone answered, he said something like, "What are you doing, stupid? Get to work!" It turned out that he dialed the number wrong, and I thought it was hilarious.

Ultra Peanut · 03-15-2005, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I saw in the Weekly World News a while back that some guy in California dialed a wrong number and got Osama bin Laden's satellite phone. Apparently, Osama was really ticked off and was asking "How did you get this number?"

I hate it when that happens. I've done it twice this week.

He didn't have to be so rude about it, though. Geeze. Everyone makes mistakes.

Pants · 03-15-2005, 11:38 PM

Heh, when I was little we used to call random people and tell them the current time in a monotonous voice. I was surprised at how many people said "Thank you." It was funny as hell at the time.

03-15-2005, 09:13 PM
tk13 ... Join Date: Nov 2001 Casino cash: $2022500	Weirdest wrong number you've ever had... I was just trying to call a friend and ended up dialing a wrong number... I guess. Some older sounding lady answered the phone and caught me completely off guard. I said "Wrong number, sorry" and apparently I'd called her before, because she immediately gave me the third degree and told me I'd called her before and she demanded to know who I was. I obviously didn't tell her that but I was just like "wrong number! Sorry!" and eventually just hung up. Very bizarre. I feel like a dumbass. But anyway, what's the weirdest wrong number you've ever dialed, or has ever dialed you?
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03-15-2005, 09:16 PM	#2
Eleazar Beyond the Rapids Join Date: May 2003 Location: Langley, VA Casino cash: $-370000	I hate when you're the receiver, and the dialer just says "hey, what's up" or something. So you small talk, not wanting to give up that you don't know who it is in case it's someone you know for fear of offending them. Only when they say something off the wall do you know for sure it's a wrong number.
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03-15-2005, 09:36 PM	#5
Phobia Guest Casino cash: $	OMG - I have tons of these stories. I'll share only a couple. If I know who's calling, sometimes I'll mess with them.... People rarely fall for it. When my mother-in-law called a few months ago, I answered the phone "Thanks for calling Pizza Hut, would you like to hear our specials?".... FOUR times she hung up and called back before I burst into laughter. I'm pretty sure there are specific instructions for my exclusion from her will now. Second story is longer, bear with me. My parents had recently visited their old pastor in Iowa and for some reason left my cell number with them - on a scrap of paper. The guy got the scrap of paper with my number confused with another scrap one afternoon.... He called, identified himself, and asked if I had remembered to adjust my schedule for August. Well, I played like I didn't know what he was talking about - cuz, uh - I didn't. He was asking if I was looking forward to coming to Iowa for a giant gathering they had been planning for months.... I, uh, was supposed to preach. He was getting pretty flustered and pissed that I had forgotten about it, so I assured him that I could easily adjust my schedule and that I'd definitely be there to preach. Then I asked him if he knew to whom he was speaking..... Heh heh. As I identified myself, he knew I was the LAST person he wanted to invite to preach.... But, I played him just the same. The conversation was much longer than the condensed version I've just written for you, but you get the jist....
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03-15-2005, 09:41 PM	#7
chief52 Veteran Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NoCal Casino cash: $9855260	My greatest wrong number line comes from a movie, although I do not remember what movie or who, although I am thinking it was Pacino. "Cathy there? " the incorect caller says to Pacino or whoever. "Cathy? Sure she is here, but she has my **** in her mouth right now and can not speak... He then hangs up the phone. I thought it was great. Can you imagine being on the other end of that call! Wish I could remember what movie and the specifics. This was the gist of the call anyway.
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03-15-2005, 09:51 PM	#8
Simplex3 MVP Join Date: Sep 2003 Casino cash: $10004900	I picked up the phone in my first apartment (a real hell hole) and I get a message that this is a phone call from some prison. I stayed on the line thinking one of my buddies needed bail. The second I said "Hello?" the guy on the other end started cursing me out and screaming about how I was f**king his "bitch" in a very hispanic accent. He started asking me where was and I kept saying "wrong number". When he went into the "I'm gonna kill you" the guards cut off the call and told me the wouldn't let him call my number again. That was fun. A friend of mine lived off the plaza and his phone number was 753-1563. The Dickinson movie line was 753-1463 (753-show). He'd get several calls a week from people asking for show times, so he started keeping a paper by the phone and giving them a start time 10 or 15 minutes too late.
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03-15-2005, 10:14 PM	#9
Tribal Warfare The Boom Boom Room Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Far Beyond Comprehension Casino cash: $952813	When I was 12-14 years old I use to call the "Chiefs Hotline" with Gretz as the automated voice. one timeI miss dialed the number and got a phone sex operator __________________
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badgirl CLICK, CLICK..BOOM!!!! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Johnson City, Tennessee Casino cash: $10004900	I called my sister once and the woman on the other end sounded kinda like her and I said "Hey whats up?" she said "Oh nothing", at this point it didn't really sound like her and I said "Is this Gail" and she said yes, it took a minute for me to get it straight, to her and me this isn't whom I am suppose to be calling.
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03-15-2005, 11:20 PM	#13
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3358491 VARSITY	I saw in the Weekly World News a while back that some guy in California dialed a wrong number and got Osama bin Laden's satellite phone. Apparently, Osama was really ticked off and was asking "How did you get this number?" As for me, I have no interesting wrong number stories myself, other than the time the phone company screwed up, and whenever I called home I got some Spanish-speaking woman. It threw me for a bit. I did get an answering machine message once from a sultry-sounding woman saying, "Kevin, I had a great time last Friday. When do you want to get together again?" My wife got the message and played it for me and we got a good laugh out of it, though I was bit worried when I said, "What were we doing last Friday night anyway?" My wife said, "I was out of town, and I'm not sure what you were doing." (By the way, my phone message mentioned my name.) Last story: my dad has a rather annoying tendancy to not identify himself when he calls people, and just says something flip instead. Back when I was a teenager, I remember him calling up his restaurant, and when someone answered, he said something like, "What are you doing, stupid? Get to work!" It turned out that he dialed the number wrong, and I thought it was hilarious. __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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03-15-2005, 11:38 PM	#15
Pants Time Keeps On Slipping Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $5719900	Heh, when I was little we used to call random people and tell them the current time in a monotonous voice. I was surprised at how many people said "Thank you." It was funny as hell at the time. __________________ "Turn the channel to 26!"
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