My latest phone call

<ring, ring>

Me: Hello?

Voice: I want some milk.

Me: Excuse me?

Voice: I want some milk.

Me: Who are you trying to reach?

Voice: Huh?

Me: Who. are. you. trying. to. reach.

Voice: You. I want some milk, I'm poor.

Me: Too bad!

<click>

Comments

[profgrrrrl]

What kind of voice was it?

[New Kid on the Hallway]

My guess is young white male trying to imitate poor black woman!

[Nels]

Calls like that really freak me out because they make no sense. Most people can jsut let it go. But I'm all, "I don't even know what that means!"

[The Impersonator]

Is your phone number listed? If so, I would bet on one of your students.

[New Kid on the Hallway]

I suppose that's possible... My phone number is listed, and I'm only one with my last name in this town, so it's not hard to find me! It sounded a little younger than one of my students, though.

[ianqui]

When I was a kid, we used to prank call people with all sorts of things--like the classic "Is your refrigerator running?" type stupid stuff. I don't know why we thought this was fun...Anyway, if the person sounded young, it was probably a prank call.

[terminaldegree]

Oh, creepy.

Have you *69'ed them? (If you haven't heard of this, you can just dial *69 to get the number of your last caller, and then you can google the phone number to see who was calling...)

[New Kid on the Hallway]

Yeah, it was a "private caller." (A "private caller" called back a few minutes later, but this time I didn't answer!) I'm sure it's just a prank call, but I have to confess that I hate hate HATE prank calls. I was home alone one weekend as a kid, when it was still new and slightly scary to be alone in the house, and got a series of sexually explicit crank calls. Totally freaked me out.

[terminaldegree]

Yuck. I hate those calls.

I've been getting "private caller" calls today, about once an hour. I think it must be one of those computer things in which the computer hangs up if there's no available operator to talk to you. Very annoying. I've quit answering.

I'm usually not home during the day, but this weekend I'm kinda lying low and relaxing at home. I'm amazed by how many junk calls I get. So this is what I've been missing. :)

[terminaldegree]

Yuck. I hate those calls.

I've been getting "private caller" calls today, about once an hour. I think it must be one of those computer things in which the computer hangs up if there's no available operator to talk to you. Very annoying. I've quit answering.

I'm usually not home during the day, but this weekend I'm kinda lying low and relaxing at home. I'm amazed by how many junk calls I get. So this is what I've been missing. :)

[wolfa]

Hmm. See, I think it could be useful in a pinch. "I want some chocolate! Do you have any? Will you share?"

You'll either meet a new generous friend who is likely to have chocolate when you need it, or an insane killer, so you won't have too long to regret it. :P

(But prank callers suck, and they are creepy/scary, almost especially when there's nothing overt in what they say.)

[New Kid on the Hallway]

See, wolfa, that's TOTALLY what I should have said! I'd have loved to have heard what they'd have said in response. I never ever come up with clever responses - I always sort of stand there going Uh, duh, what?

[Celandine]

I think you handled it quite well, NK - you were polite and treated it seriously until it was clear that it was a crank call, and then simply hung up. Didn't give them much of a reaction which would be incentive to do it to you again.

[Phantom Scribbler]

Remember that Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin answers the phone with, "Hello? I'd like to order a pepperoni pizza."

I like the chocolate line better for this situation, though.

[Rana]

Is it insensitive of me that I found this hilarious?