# If you're butt-sailed do you listen to the whole message? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703 "2012-05-22T12:06:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/1 "2012-05-22T12:06:43Z")
I did the first time I got one, mainly because I had no idea what had happened. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/2 "2012-05-22T12:08:12Z")
Heh. Butt DIALED. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/3 "2012-05-22T12:11:35Z")
Does this have something to do with Dick Clark? ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/4 "2012-05-22T12:16:28Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Does this have something to do with Dick Clark? Dick Clark was a well known Butt Sailor. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/5 "2012-05-22T12:21:14Z")
I got my first butt text a couple days ago. I’ve never been sailing. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/6 "2012-05-22T12:24:00Z")
My friend butt-dailed his wife. Not too bad, except he was with his girlfriend at the time. Not good. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/7 "2012-05-22T12:36:09Z")
Butt dialed I’ve heard of. A search on butt sailing led to discussions of planking. (I have now officially reached Old Codger status: I cannot tell if an unfamiliar phrase is slang or jibberish anymore.) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/8 "2012-05-22T12:37:43Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I did the first time I got one, mainly because I had no idea what had happened. That’s quite a reach, getting “butt sailed” from “butt dialed”. I know the “s” and “d” are right next to each other, but you had to transpose the “i” and “a”, too. In any event, I don’t know what the OP means – listen to _what_ whole message? My daughter accidentally butt-dialed me last week, and all I heard was the far-off noises of adolescent girls talking to each other, unaware they were being patched in to me. There was no “whole message”. I got off the phone as soon as i realized the call was a fluke. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/9 "2012-05-22T12:40:31Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > That’s quite a reach, getting “butt sailed” from “butt dialed”. I know the “s” and “d” are right next to each other, but you had to transpose the “i” and “a”, too. > > In any event, I don’t know what the OP means – listen to _what_ whole message? My daughter accidentally butt-dialed me last week, and all I heard was the far-off noises of adolescent girls talking to each other, unaware they were being patched in to me. There was no “whole message”. I got off the phone as soon as i realized the call was a fluke. If you hadn’t been near your phone, your daughter’s call would have resulted in a voice message. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/10 "2012-05-22T12:44:28Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > If you hadn’t been near your phone, your daughter’s call would have resulted in a voice message. Huh? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/11 "2012-05-22T12:49:23Z")
My current voice mail apparently has a time cut off feature. Still, I have had some long butt messages. Long ago, the first time I remember it happening, I heard some juicy gossip. That’s right, a juicy butt message. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/12 "2012-05-22T13:02:22Z")
> [@TokyoPlayer](#): > > My friend butt-dailed his wife. Not too bad, except he was with his girlfriend at the time. Not good. I know someone that did this too (well not in person). He was just talking about his ‘girlfriend’ (the person I know). ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/13 "2012-05-22T13:21:31Z")
I’m sailing away set an open course for the virgin butt ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/14 "2012-05-22T13:28:46Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > That’s quite a reach, getting “butt sailed” from “butt dialed”. I know the “s” and “d” are right next to each other, but you had to transpose the “i” and “a”, too.. Autocorrect. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Huh? If someone accidentally calls you, and you don’t answer, you will end up getting a long voice message. I’ve gotten tons of these as does anyone whose name starts with A and is often the first name on someone’s list of saved numbers. It’s less frequent now because touch screens make it less likely for an accidental call to happen. Usually it’s background noise or a car radio but I have heard some interesting things. Once it was a co-worker telling his kid not to tell his ex-wife (the kid’s mom) about something that went on that weekend. Another time it was my ex-wife, well after the divorce, hitting on some dude in a bar. That was hilarious. I still give her shit about that. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/15 "2012-05-22T13:30:36Z")
My name is Adam, so I’m at the top of a lot of people’s phone contact lists. I get butt-dialed all the time. I’ve listened to the conversations on the other side, but they never have been terribly interesting. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/16 "2012-05-22T13:34:07Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I got my first butt text a couple days ago. I’ve never been sailing. I’ve never gotten a butt dial. I sailed a 40-foot yacht 3 weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/17 "2012-05-22T13:41:29Z")
My sister in law’s phone has a mind of its own and has been known to not only butt-dial, but purse-dial and even desk-dial. I wouldn’t have believed it except for the day I was at her office and we heard “You have reached the home of…” in my voice. Sure enough, sitting on the desk, untouched by anyone, her phone called my house. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/18 "2012-05-22T13:44:22Z")
I usually listen to enough of it to make sure it was a butt dial. I butt-dialed by sister one time (metaphoric butt dial – the phone was not in my back pocket at the time). I was in a storage room moving some boxes around and the noises recorded on her voice mail convinced her that I was in mortal danger, unable to speak, and desperately trying to reach her. I was rather surprised by her panicked call to me, to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/19 "2012-05-22T14:52:14Z")
Bricker - Butt Sailor. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703/20 "2012-05-22T15:23:16Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Dick Clark was a well known Butt Sailor. No, you’re thinking of Ryan Seacrest. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703.md?page=2)