Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'

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1-900-BUG-THEM
Phone Harassment Service
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So... another call about your refrigerator and its state of physical activity, but this time they forgot the *67(caller ID block). You got their number, but what to do with it? Call 1-900-BUG-THEM, thats what. A collective of bored teenagers will call them every five minutes, either hanging up directly on them, or maybe belching then hanging up, asking THEM how THEIR fridge is, Etc. for a nominal fee.

rascalraidex, Oct 12 2007

"Arheddis Varkenjaab and Aywellbe Fayed? Please Report to the Information Desk" http://www.2atoms.c...oundbytes/index.htm
The pinnacle of hoax name gags - look for "Bogus Airport Announcements" [zen_tom, Oct 12 2007]



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       I thought this would be a service for bugging those who fail to deal with your complaints (i.e. to keep bugging the local council about potholes, or keep bugging the phone company about a crackle on the line). But I like your idea as well! [+]

vincevincevince, Oct 12 2007
  

       I don't get it- Is the call about your refrigerator a telemarketer and this idea is to go back and annoy the telemarketer that called you?

Jscotty, Oct 12 2007
  

       Yes.

theleopard, Oct 12 2007
  

       (-) Meh, vigilante justice. Once the fridge thing gets boring, siccing these on someone will be the next prank to play.   

       The kind of professional, often automated, call services that I'd really want to lash out against are unlikely to "forget the *67".

jutta, Oct 12 2007
  

       yeah, gotta agree with [jutta]. not much good ever comes of devising ways to irritate and annoy others.

k_sra, Oct 12 2007
  

       //I don't get it- Is the call about your refrigerator a telemarketer //   

       Not a telemarketer, a prank caller. It's a joke as old as time itself.   

       Prank caller: Is your refrigerator running?   

       You: Why yes it is as a matter of fact.   

       Prank caller: Well you better go catch it!

21 Quest, Oct 12 2007
  

       Has anyone seen Mike?

zen_tom, Oct 12 2007
  

       //Phone Harassment Service//   

       Call for a call [-]

skinflaps, Oct 12 2007
  

       // has anyone seen Mike?//   

       Last name Rotch, right?

21 Quest, Oct 12 2007
  

       I believe it's Hunt.

jtp, Oct 12 2007
  

       Hmm.... never heard it with Hunt as the last name, but that does make it better for use on female victims.   

       We got a guy at work once by putting a note on the bulletin board addressed to him "from management" with a phone number to call and he was to ask to speak with Mr. Lyon. What he didn't realize until he made the call and the request is that it was the number to the City Zoo.

21 Quest, Oct 12 2007
  

       Was he friends with Hugh Janus?

MaxwellBuchanan, Oct 12 2007
  

       More like taking it square on the chin, I think.

21 Quest, Oct 12 2007
  

       Or square in the crotch.

rascalraidex, Oct 12 2007
  

       //Or square in the crotch.//   

       *shudder*

21 Quest, Oct 12 2007
  

       1994   

       A friends police/radio freq scanner picks up the cordless phone calls of the neighbor across the street (a dink).   

       Friend calls local pizza shop, and orders pizza to his address. 30 minutes later the pizza arrives.   

       After the pizza is turned away and written off as a prank, friend calls neighbor and says he is from the pizza shop, and apologizes for the inconvenience, and a new pizza will be sent, made to order.   

       1 hour later he hears the neighbor calling the pizza joint and asking where his complimentary pizza is.   

       After this he called back and told the man that a new employee had been dealing with him and didn't know it was a new order, and the pizza would be there soon. Again so sorry blah blah blah...   

       It was a truly evil genius as far as prank calls go.

Giblet, Oct 13 2007
  

       ... that sucks...

21 Quest, Oct 13 2007
  

       Ohhh you just got gang pranked pwnd. loser. lol omg or to take it a step further you could have them call people and people call them via voipbuster.com yeah lol if they turn out to be someone they know... have everyone they hate call him el-oh-el .-.. --- .-..

wuhisn, Oct 16 2007
  

       actually, some guy who lives like, 1500 miles away was trying to get me to "meat" him for a fight because I am a "peace" of crap, and then he gave his phone number out to a person he never even met before. So i thought it would be fun to have a bunch of people call him and "blow up" his phone.

rascalraidex, Oct 17 2007
  


 
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