# Who the hell is this person? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 31, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609 "2012-05-31T02:14:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cryptic\_C62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/1 "2012-05-31T02:14:27Z")
I recently got my hands on a used phone, whose owner I had never met. I’m not really sure why she was giving it away, it works perfectly well and there’s no wear and tear to speak of. In any case, I went to the Notepad application, and these are the notes I found, transcribed verbatim: My name is memory I used to be a pimp now I wall with a limp Summer island 290 Pink Parka tangerine Vintage jewelry and modem boutique Picillo Charlies Metropolis 322 Do you want to get drunk and watch passion of the christ The weed is like a strob light Amgen gilead The Opposite of me White panda Change me The girl who fell from the sky The big pink Fire stone March 5 130 The fireplace Friendly toast DI 1961 Pomegranates The tap Alexis bittar 348 442 i Washed my belly button today 11 Dove nutrium mositure body wash r i was destined to not Like Cudderisback 12 28 24 Wet and wild sevilla sangria I think there were probably only three or four that didn’t make me go “Wtf…?” upon first reading. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/2 "2012-05-31T02:21:15Z")
I recognize some of those as book titles and song lyrics (and also Googled a few). For example: “I used to be a pimp and now I walk with a limp” is a lyric from a 50 Cent song. “My Name is Memory”, “Summer Island”, “The Opposite of Me” = book titles. White Panda is a band. Etc. Seems like they were just using this file as a personal notepad/scratchpad (it’s called Notepad, after all). Doesn’t seem all that unusual or remarkable. ---
**Author:** ![lizlizliz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/db5fbb/32.png) [@lizlizliz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizlizliz)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/3 "2012-05-31T02:24:28Z")
> [@Cryptic\_C62](#): > > Do you want to get drunk and watch passion of the christ Why did I not think of this before? I foresee a much more bearable Easter next year with my parents. I wish I could thank your phone’s previous owner. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/4 "2012-05-31T22:44:03Z")
I just looked at the notes on my phone, and if anyone saw them they would be completely mystified: Rich Capulet Lacquer Delta Oscar stroke Dog comma Ugly Gomez: 27" Mini Bell Mill 17.5 - 36 review/map spots They are (I think): The name and color of a neat fabric for the family room drapes A funny thing my husband said My dog’s chest measurement A good type of ham My husband’s shirt size A reminder for my dermatology appointment ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/5 "2012-05-31T23:10:55Z")
A lot of those things sound like the names of bands, songs, books, movies, etc. I write down crap like that all the time so I can check it in more detail later (especially song and band name). ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/6 "2012-06-01T00:06:11Z")
You should probably return it before Mel Gibson gets upset and comes looking for it. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/7 "2012-06-01T00:13:34Z")
Looks like a good stream-of-consciousness method of coming up with random passwords that people can’t guess. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/8 "2012-06-01T00:21:08Z")
I used to be a pimp, but then I took an arrow to the knee. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/9 "2012-06-01T04:02:39Z")
Did **Homer** take mushrooms again? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/10 "2012-06-01T04:15:40Z")
The OP and \*\*Homer \*\*were more coherent than [this guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15121000&posted=1#post15121000). ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/11 "2012-06-01T07:21:07Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > The OP and \*\*Homer \*\*were more coherent than [this guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15121000&posted=1#post15121000). Ahh, now that I’ve found this thread, your post in the other completes my möbius like night here on the SDMB. This place becomes exponentially more fun when the weird turns up. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/12 "2012-06-01T07:27:07Z")
I’ve got files like that on my phone - containing notes I needed to jot down quickly before forgetting them; comprising: Lyrics of songs I heard, but couldn’t identify (to be looked up later) Names of products I saw or heard of, and intend to try Shopping list items Titles or outlines of story ideas I thought of Topics I intend to investigate/blog about Things I intend to invent and so on. They all go into one long ‘ideas’ file. I’ve had too many potentially good ideas slip from my memory in the past, so now, I just list them, so I can forget them until required. I’m seldom bored or stuck for ideas of what to do, because there’s a long list of things waiting for me to look at them. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/13 "2012-06-01T07:46:27Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I’ve got files like that on my phone - containing notes I needed to jot down quickly before forgetting them; comprising: > Lyrics of songs I heard, but couldn’t identify (to be looked up later) > Names of products I saw or heard of, and intend to try > Shopping list items > Titles or outlines of story ideas I thought of > Topics I intend to investigate/blog about > Things I intend to invent > > and so on. They all go into one long ‘ideas’ file. I’ve had too many potentially good ideas slip from my memory in the past, so now, I just list them, so I can forget them until required. I’m seldom bored or stuck for ideas of what to do, because there’s a long list of things waiting for me to look at them. Yeah, I think a lot of people have a “to do” note on their phone that nobody else would understand. It only needs to jog the user’s memory, not function as a complete record. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/14 "2012-06-01T11:26:39Z")
I have a software registration code on my phone that I can’t even remember what program it’s for. In hindsight, it would probably have been useful to take ten seconds to also write down the title of the software. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/15 "2012-06-01T11:51:20Z")
> [@Cryptic\_C62](#): > > I recently got my hands on a used phone, whose owner I had never met. I’m not really sure why she was giving it away, it works perfectly well and there’s no wear and tear to speak of. In any case, I went to the Notepad application, and these are the notes I found, transcribed verbatim: > > My name is memory > I used to be a pimp now I wall with a limp > Summer island > 290 > Pink Parka tangerine > Vintage jewelry and modem boutique > Picillo > Charlies > Metropolis > 322 > Do you want to get drunk and watch passion of the christ > The weed is like a strob light > Amgen gilead > The Opposite of me > White panda > Change me > The girl who fell from the sky > The big pink > Fire stone > March 5 130 > The fireplace > Friendly toast > DI 1961 > Pomegranates > The tap > Alexis bittar > 348 442 > i Washed my belly button today > 11 > Dove nutrium mositure body wash > r i was destined to not Like > Cudderisback > 12 28 24 > Wet and wild sevilla sangria > > I think there were probably only three or four that didn’t make me go “Wtf…?” upon first reading. Casper the friendly toast? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/16 "2012-06-01T12:19:53Z")
The last one is likely a nail polish or lipstick color. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/17 "2012-06-01T12:22:58Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Casper the friendly toast? Oooh! I know that one. The Friendly Toast is a restaurant. There’s one in Cambridge, MA and one in Portsmouth, NH. Charlies is also a restaurant/bar in Cambridge. ETA: And the Fireplace is a restaurant in Brookline, MA…or could be a bunch of other things. OP, are you in MA by any chance, or was the phone’s previous owner? ---
**Author:** ![Cryptic\_C62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/18 "2012-06-01T12:57:54Z")
I am indeed in Boston, and the Friendly Toast is a tasty tasty place! I’m still a bit puzzled by “r i was destined to not Like”. It seems like it could be a Zero Wing translation. “Someone set us up the bomb!” “r i was destined to not Like?” ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-this-person/623609/19 "2012-06-01T13:07:39Z")
The Big Pink is a band. They’re pretty good too. Looks like a “Google this later” list (for the most part).