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So, I’ve had my phone number for about six years. Periodically, I get calls looking for Maria. They always seem to be concerned relatives.
I got another one today. They hung up, so I called back. A very nice lady answered, and it turns out she’s Maria’s sister. She said she was calling for Maria. I was like, Maria?! So, I told her that I’ve been getting calls for years asking for her and had always wondered about her safety, especially with all the shady stuff that happens in New Mexico.
She confirmed that Maria is alive and well but had gone through a rough patch. She seemed like a religious lady, so I told her I had been praying for Maria ever since the first few calls. Another relative was on the phone with Maria while I was talking to her sister. I’m just so relieved that she’s alive and well.
Weird stuff. Filing this under YCMTSU (You Can’t Make This Stuff Up).
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#1
I have 2. The first one was me calling what I thought was the Astoria in London to try and book Rage Against The Machine tickets, it turned out that I had dialled 10 Downing Street, official residence of the Prime Minister. I did ask the person on the phone if Tony Blair wanted tickets. Turns out he had a prior engagement.
Another is not really a wrong number but I had a cold caller ring me trying to sell me a conservatory. I got all the spiel and at the end she asked me if I was interesting in buying. My response was "If you can attach it to a 3rd floor flat, I'll buy one" We did have a laugh about it.
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2points
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#2
Received a wrong number text from someone asking about getting some "illicit mood enhancers" from a dealer. I responded, "D***s are bad, m'kay?"
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1point
#3
Pretty lame but I dialled one digit wrong in my best friend's phone number and asked for her by her first name. The person who answered said that was her, but clearly sounded older. I mumbled that it was a wrong number and hung up in embarrassment, even though it was a perfectly respectful exchange.
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#4
Katt Williams did a stand-up routine about white ppl but this happened before Katt did his routine on stage...
So my husband and I are entertaining a couple few friends one holiday weekend when the house phone rings. We ignore it as the number is from New Jersey (we're in Colorado) and it's like 3 am. The number calls again. This time I pick up. It was a gentleman trying to get ahold of his ex wife who ironically had the same first name as me and her new husband had the same first name as my husband as well as the same sur name (last name). We ended up helping him get in touch with his ex. The reason why he was calling was because their 16 yro daughter had just died in an automobile accident.
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#5
One Sunday afternoon, I was laying on the floor when the phone rang. I answered it. The caller asked me by name what I was doing. My name is Kurt. I replied that I was resting after being out in the woods all morning. Turned out that the caller had misdialed the area code and that they had a good family friend with the same name as mine. I lived in NW Arkansas and they were trying call their sister in Minnesota.
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