Caller ID Fun

[conbrio]

This showed up on a friends caller id yesterday. Thought it was great.

[planovet]

You have to admire their honesty

[starleen2]

This showed up on a friends caller id yesterday. Thought it was great.

[planovet]

....or not!

[starleen2]

And here is how you do it
http://www.askstudent.com/hacking/how-to-fake-a-cell-phone-caller-id-and-prank-call-your-friends/

Maybe I'll use
Not the preacher!

[martha24]

There are ways to use someone else's phone number instead of the real one on caller ID.
The reason I know this is that mine has been used. I have gotten calls from different parts of the country asking why I called them and I haven't. That's when I started checking the internet to see what could be done with caller IDs. Now when people call I can explain that I presume someone has "borrowed" my number.
It seems to go in bunches and many times people are calling me at 6am asking me why I called them. I don't get up at 6am normally.

[len19070]

I kinda miss the old Telemarketer phone calls.

When we would get one, always at Dinner all the kids lived at home and we would have 3 or 4 bits we would pull on them.

There was;

TM.
Is Mr Jones there?

US.
No he's still at the Funeral Home.

TM.
Do you know when he will be back?

US.
He's NEVER COMING BACK

Or Moopty an Indian Character who ex-planes in great detail to the TM how he "just got hurt in the bottom of the leg foot" by a "driven nail of a protruding nature".

Or the kids would sing "John Jacob Jingleheimerschmit" at the top of there lungs while the conversation was going on.

Aw, those days are gone, Its just me and the wife now and she doesn't know all the words.

Happy Trails

Len

[gullywompr]

the kids would sing "John Jacob Jingleheimerschmit" at the top of there lungs while the conversation was going on.

Len, it's an amazing coincidence that you should mention John Jacob Jingleheimerschmit, because as it just so happens, his name is my name too!

Cheers,
John Jacob Jingleheimerschmit
(la la la la la la la)

[Mightydog]

the kids would sing "John Jacob Jingleheimerschmit" at the top of there lungs while the conversation was going on.

Len, it's an amazing coincidence that you should mention John Jacob Jingleheimerschmit, because as it just so happens, his name is my name too!

Cheers,
John Jacob Jingleheimerschmit
(la la la la la la la)

Oh thanks--now that's going to be stuck in my head all day.

[synaps3]

I never get telemarketer calls on my cell phone.

My fiancee's parents sometimes do. Every time we're over there, someone always pick ups and messes with the telemarketer.

My favorite is:

Telemarketer: blahblahblah
Me or my fiancee (interrupting telemarketer): Mom, it's for you!
My fiancee's mom: STOP SLEEPING WITH MY HUSBAND
*SLAMS PHONE DOWN*

We have also blown air horns into the mic; given it to her little brother, who takes it into the bathroom and puts the phone's mic right next to his rear while leaving a "deposit"; making sex noises; revving a chainsaw; trying to sell the telemarketer something; etc...

We're bad..

[gullywompr]

Oh thanks--now that's going to be stuck in my head all day.

Yeah, it's stuck in my head too. It seems like whenever I go out, I can hear the people shout "there goes John Jacob Jingleheimerschmit".

(la la la la la la la).

[ParTaxer]

I never answer anymore unless I'm sure of the caller. I am one number off the local theater. Before caller ID, I would ask the TM if they could hold for a minute and then I would put them on hold. Very few lasted a minute but I could go back to dinner.

[gregp136]

I always like to start asking them questions like where they are from, how is the weather do they have kids, are they married, if they have a college degree, or any other that come into my head while ignoring their questions.

Greg(and Laurie)

[cuyeda]

Telemarketer: Hello may I speak to Mr./Mrs. xxxxx
A: Who is calling? (so I know what company is calling)

Telemarketer: XYZ company.
A: Sorry he/she is not home now.

Telemarketer: Is there anyone over the age of 18 to speak to?
A: Sorry my mom or dad is not home now. (in a deep manly voice).

I sometimes hear the Telemarketer chuckling while hanging up.

[len19070]

Ya know the really sad part is that there's some poor Schmow on the other end of the line that is so desperate for work that he/she has taken a job with a Telemarketer.

And I'm just the guy to Brighten his/her day with a bit of Telemarketer Phone Scam Humor.

If things ever got that desperate for me I would still not call anyone durring dinner hours.

Happy Trails

Len