# Very strange answerphone message I received

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-answerphone-message-i-received/475334>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 2, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-answerphone-message-i-received/475334 "2008-12-02T13:27:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-answerphone-message-i-received/475334/1 "2008-12-02T13:27:24Z")

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It went along the lines of “Come see me down Fisherman’s Wharf. I’ve got some sawn off action in the trunk.”. What the duece?

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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-answerphone-message-i-received/475334/2 "2008-12-02T13:35:01Z")

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In the market for a shotgun?

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**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-answerphone-message-i-received/475334/3 "2008-12-02T14:22:53Z")

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If only my unsolicited calls were so interesting!

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**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-answerphone-message-i-received/475334/4 "2008-12-02T22:59:39Z")

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“I can’t hear you! Please don’t fire your gun while your talking!”

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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-answerphone-message-i-received/475334/5 "2008-12-02T23:24:32Z")

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Everytime my phone has been off for an extended period of time (holidays, repairs) some bloke in England rings and leaves a message about a Mercedes. I had a voicemail from him before I’d made a call on the thing :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-answerphone-message-i-received/475334/6 "2008-12-02T23:38:47Z")

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A legless hooker that does it in the trunk?

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-answerphone-message-i-received/475334/7 "2008-12-03T02:50:13Z")

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Wrong forum.

Last month I twice got messages from some woman from Jamaica trying to run a Nigerian-type scheme.

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**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-answerphone-message-i-received/475334/8 "2008-12-03T12:22:48Z")

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> [@samarm](#):
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> It went along the lines of “Come see me down Fisherman’s Wharf. I’ve got some sawn off action in the trunk.”. What the duece?

Well, you should go check it out. But don’t walk there, or take the bus.

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**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-answerphone-message-i-received/475334/9 "2008-12-03T16:21:11Z")

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Thanks for sharing, but I don’t see a game here. Please feel free to repost in the appropriate section.