# Ghostbusters! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050 "2024-05-25T03:46:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050/1 "2024-05-25T03:46:04Z")
Random thing. So tonight Siri (my phone was on the coffee table) caught part of my conversation which prompted her to randomly ask, “Who would you like me to call?” Jokingly I said, “Ghostbusters”. She called NYFS No 7, the filming location for Ghostbusters apparently. Yikes 😳 they are not in my contacts - I live in California. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050/2 "2024-05-25T04:01:27Z")
Really? I wonder how many calls they get. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050/3 "2024-05-25T04:05:02Z")
Surely, must be a lot. Correction it was #8. > **[Firehouse, Hook & Ladder Company 8](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehouse,_Hook_%26_Ladder_Company_8)** > > .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}40°43′11″N 74°00′24″W / 40.7196°N 74.0066°W / 40.7196; -74.0066 (Hook & Ladder Company 8 ("Ghostbusters" firehouse)) > Firehouse, Hook & Ladder Company 8 is a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire st... ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050/4 "2024-05-25T09:08:26Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > So tonight Siri (my phone was on the coffee table) caught part of my conversation which prompted her to randomly ask, “Who would you like me to call?” > > Jokingly I said, “Ghostbusters”. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050/5 "2024-05-25T10:17:41Z")
Now ask her about the twinkle. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050/6 "2024-05-25T10:59:29Z")
What about the twinkie? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050/7 "2024-05-25T11:52:17Z")
Let’s say a normal Twinkie represents the normal amount of PKE. The surge we’re seeing equates to a twinkie 35 feet long and weighing approximately 600 lbs. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050/8 "2024-05-25T13:23:46Z")
That’s some Twinkie. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050/9 "2024-05-25T15:44:47Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > o tonight Siri (my phone was on the coffee table) caught part of my conversation which prompted her to randomly ask, “Who would you like me to call?” A few years ago I was watching car wreck videos on YouTube (don’t judge me), and a driver got into a wreck and said, “Siri, call 911!” My iPhone heard it and called 911 😮 ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050/10 "2024-05-25T19:48:45Z")
Oops! Ha ha. Maybe with the advent of Siri, that happens much more frequently. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050/11 "2024-05-25T19:55:27Z")
Yes, those calls are annoying… . . . . 😉 . The robot calls that I actually do get are from the Medicare scammers… made more annoying when I’m not that old for Medicare and they usually spoof numbers from people that sound familiar and numbers from companies or groups related to my work.