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Old 05-05-2005, 05:40 PM
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Fake phone number day!

It's fake phone number day!

May 5, 2005
5/5/5
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Old 05-05-2005, 06:28 PM
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Old 05-05-2005, 06:58 PM
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Who you gonna call?

What's my number? Uh...8
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Old 05-05-2005, 07:17 PM
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In Australia, there is a phone number that we can give out if we dont want people to have our real number. Its called the rejection hotline. And the recorded message on the other end generally tells people to bugger off....
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Old 05-05-2005, 07:41 PM
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Old 05-05-2005, 08:29 PM
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I am the new number two.
You are number six.
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Old 05-06-2005, 11:31 AM
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Trouble with moles?
Call Avogadro at 602-1023.

(Yeah, I know it's missing that second 2, but telephone numbers aren't long enough.)
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Old 05-06-2005, 11:53 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Strinka
It's fake phone number day!

May 5, 2005
5/5/5
And the cool think about it was that early in the morning for one second, it was
05/05/05 05:05:05


My favorite fake number for many years was Dial-A-Prayer. I don't think we have one anymore.
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Old 05-06-2005, 08:44 PM
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05/05/05 05:05:05
This was brought to my attention by Chad Myers, the early show weather guy on CNN, at approximately 05/05/05 05:05:05.

My first thought was of attending a glassblowing demonstration at Iowa State University some 27 years ago. I was just a young squirt and seemed bored by it all, so a guy next to me looked at his watch and told me: "Hey, whadya know! It's 12:34 5/6/78."

My second thought was: "Damn but that Carol Costello is nice to wake up to."

Then I fell back asleep.
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Old 05-06-2005, 09:37 PM
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I'm looking forward to 11:11:11 on November 11, 2011.
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Old 05-08-2005, 02:53 PM
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A year, a month, and a day from now (well not now, but the day of the OP) is 06/06/06. [South Park] Hail Satan! [/South Park]

Quote:
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In Australia, there is a phone number that we can give out if we dont want people to have our real number. Its called the rejection hotline. And the recorded message on the other end generally tells people to bugger off....
There's one here too, actually, in several different area codes.

http://www.rejectionhotline.com/
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Old 05-08-2005, 08:12 PM
Beware of Doug Beware of Doug is offline
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There's also evidently a service in the NYC area called She's Not Here. I've been directed there many a time.

Interestingly enough, the number is different every time. There must be lots of them.

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