# wrong number

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-number/69638>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 21, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-number/69638 "2001-06-21T15:33:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-number/69638/1 "2001-06-21T15:33:13Z")

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All right, so I’m sitting at work, and the phone rings. Most of the calls I get are wrong numbers, but I take 'em anyway, cause it might be someone important. So I pick up the phone:

Me: Hello?  
Guy: Um…Uh…Sorry, I forgot who I was calling for.  
My brain: Yeah…  
Guy: Is there someone there with double-D measurements?  
My brain: WHAT THE FUCK?!  
Me: I’m sorry, you seem to have a wrong number.  
Guy: Oh, I see…\<click\>

The rest of my morning since then has been spent trying to stifle bursts of laughter. Poor guy–can you imagine how he must feel?

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**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 21, 2001, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-number/69638/2 "2001-06-21T15:34:48Z")

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Obviously one of those times where you DON’T want to dial the number again just to make sure you dialed it correctly the first time…

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**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-number/69638/3 "2001-06-21T15:45:34Z")

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**Is** there someone there with double-D measurements? Maybe that was the only way he could describe the person he was looking for. Either that or he was a complete moron.

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**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-number/69638/4 "2001-06-22T04:48:25Z")

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[sup]That was you?[/sup]  
😉