# Minimalist b\*tt-plug prank call.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimalist-b-tt-plug-prank-call/253516>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 4, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimalist-b-tt-plug-prank-call/253516 "2004-07-04T18:16:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimalist-b-tt-plug-prank-call/253516/1 "2004-07-04T18:16:13Z")

</div>

From this weeks B3ta newsletter, a [Flash animation built around a prank call to a hardware store](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/plugs.php).

Sometimes less is more.

(If you’re at work, use headphones or low volume, unless you work in a b\*tt-plug friendly environment.)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimalist-b-tt-plug-prank-call/253516/2 "2004-07-04T18:27:02Z")

</div>

I love the ending.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimalist-b-tt-plug-prank-call/253516/3 "2004-07-04T19:13:17Z")

</div>

“I’m sorry, sir, this is a hardware store.”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimalist-b-tt-plug-prank-call/253516/4 "2004-07-04T19:14:13Z")

</div>

The ending was the pay-off.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimalist-b-tt-plug-prank-call/253516/5 "2004-07-05T00:41:43Z")

</div>

The audio is from Opie and Anthony’s “Demented World” album. Dammed silly.