# Strange voicemail message: what was the caller's motivation?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 8, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-voicemail-message-what-was-the-callers-motivation/829190 "2019-02-08T19:07:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anxious\_Squirrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anxious_squirrel/32/1083_2.png) [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-voicemail-message-what-was-the-callers-motivation/829190/21 "2019-02-09T23:53:26Z")

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Perhaps the call came from another universe, one in which the lady hadn’t died. There was some sort of weird timey-wimey storm and instead of calling the you that resides in that universe she called the you who lives here. Sadly, if this was the case, you may have lost your chance to speak with her since timey-wimey storms are so rare and unpredictable. ☹

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-voicemail-message-what-was-the-callers-motivation/829190/22 "2019-02-10T02:13:12Z")

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> [@TheMysteryWriter](#):
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> Perhaps the call came from another universe, one in which the lady hadn’t died…

Call her back and ask about Nelson Mandela and the ending to _Big._

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**Author:** ![Anxious\_Squirrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anxious_squirrel/32/1083_2.png) [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-voicemail-message-what-was-the-callers-motivation/829190/23 "2019-02-10T02:33:22Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> Call her back and ask about Nelson Mandela and the ending to _Big._

Also, ask to borrow a VHS copy of Sinbad’s Shazaam and see if she’s got any old Berenstein bear books.

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**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-voicemail-message-what-was-the-callers-motivation/829190/24 "2019-02-10T15:38:39Z")

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> [@txjim](#):
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> Was there a recent storm in your area that resulted in phone lines falling on a gravesite? Seems to me I saw a documentary on this happening in the 60s

Yes.

Oh… DAMN! You got me. Damn damn damn.

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