(OT) Crank Yankers and your own crank phone call memories

[Hand of Vecna]

Nothing too complex, but just last week, when I was at BotCon 2002, some friends and I got together and prank called alot of people in the hotel. We had this voice changer thingie from Toys R Us, had 3 different voices (Spaceman, Alien, and Robot, though it was more like Robot, Demon, Half-Elf). We used the "Demon" voice mostly, calling random numbers and asking "Is it safe?" or saying "It puts the lotion on it's skin..." (we also used that line in the Toys R Us where we bought the voice-changer -- freaked several people out). Fun was had by all.

 

[King_Stannis]

that's some good stuff, TB. i think i'll try mutilated mark next time...only maybe i'll tell them i lopped off my weiner.

i must say i'm a little surprised at the backlash crank phone calls are getting. i remember when i was 9 years old and my cousin and brother called up a local telethon, the kind where you can see the operators working the phones behind the MC. the object was to be as obscene as possible to the operator and watch their disgust as they hung up the phone - while the camera was on them. i was dubious it would work, but sure enough it did. right on the lower part of the screen, some old lady slamming the phone down with a scowl on her face after my cousin gave her a verbal blast. after that, i was hooked. hell, we even ended up making phone-friends with some old guy we used to prank. at first we played it for laughs, then we just started BS-ing with the guy. god bless you, alvin gilette (as you can guess, the focus of our initial prank had to do with shaving).

i would much rather be on the end of a well thought out prank than be bothered by a telemarketer.

so lighten up, and give the prankster his due! it's fun to laugh at other people's expense!

 

[King_Stannis]

Nothing too complex, but just last week, when I was at BotCon 2002, some friends and I got together and prank called alot of people in the hotel. We had this voice changer thingie from Toys R Us, had 3 different voices (Spaceman, Alien, and Robot, though it was more like Robot, Demon, Half-Elf). We used the "Demon" voice mostly, calling random numbers and asking "Is it safe?" or saying "It puts the lotion on it's skin..." (we also used that line in the Toys R Us where we bought the voice-changer -- freaked several people out). Fun was had by all.

now THAT'S what i'm talking about! that sounds like a hell of alot of fun! and you said "is it safe?", too. a man after my own heart. we used that one all of the time. we loved "marathon man".

god bless you, my wayward son!

 

[King_Stannis]

...It was funny...

Had to be there, like I said...

dude, it's like being at lourdes. for those who know, no explanation is necessary. for those who don't, no explanation is possible. i was there with you in spirit that night, my friend.

it's like that song "the highwayman"...errr, the "crank yanker"

i was a crank yanker
on the phone lines i did hide
receiver and phone book by my side
many a blue hair lost their temper at my jest
teachers exploded in rage and beat their chest
i put my phone down in the summer of eighty five'
but i'm still alive......

 

[Umbran]

the crank phone call has been around for a long time.

I am not yet convinced that modern "crank call" stuff is generally genuine. It's easy to fake a call, the results would be more reliable, and wouldn't have the potential legal repercussions.

Still, having fun at another's expense. Yeah, top shelf humor, there. We're supposed to grow out of that nonsense in high school.

 

[Teflon Billy]

...Still, having fun at another's expense. Yeah, top shelf humor, there. We're supposed to grow out of that nonsense in high school.

Well, yes and no.

In the example I gave (hassling Telemarketers) I think they are getting a very just retribution for infringing on my time and "mental space" for their own benefit (do they really not think I would have changed my long distance service had I wanted to? And why on blessed earth would i cough up my friends names o them?)

Having fun at the expense of vermin is ok in my book, and I heartily condone it

 

[The Onion Knight]

Teflon Billy

Those 2 things you do to telemarketers are laugh out loud funny!

 

[Kibo]

This is not funny.

What ever you do when the power is out, don't go out on to the roof of your dorm, or other tenement, with a laser pointer. And if you do that don't point it at people on the street. And should you do that, for the love of God, when they start to run, DO NOT shout out, at the top of your lungs, "There's no use running it's a high powered rifle", while continuing to paint them with the pointer. Sometimes, even late at night, people are fast.

 

[Dr Midnight]

We're supposed to grow out of that nonsense in high school.

Do I really get to be the one to point out that you're saying this on a D&D message board?

 

[Henry]

Re: This is not funny.

What ever you do when the power is out, don't go out on to the roof of your dorm, or other tenement, with a laser pointer. And if you do that don't point it at people on the street. And should you do that, for the love of God, when they start to run, DO NOT shout out, at the top of your lungs, "There's no use running it's a high powered rifle"

Two words: RETURN FIRE. Don't say I didn't warn you.