First off, I'm taking the word queer back. It means odd, not homosexual. Secondly, I just received a voicemail from the 319 area code, which is Cedar Rapids, Idaho. "ister Disciple, this is Bill Williams from your Home Owners Association. We just wanted you to know that everyone's cable is out because of last night's storm, but the cable company said it should be back on this afternoon. If you have any questions, call me at XXX-XXXX." Now the oddness is from the following: 1) I have never owned property in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 2) Bill Williams called my number and used my name. 3) I wouldn't buy a house in any HOA-area on principle. 4) Neither myEquiffax, Experian or Transunion credit reports show anyone using my credit to buy a home in Cedar Rapids. 5) Whenever I call that number, it just rings and rings and rings. How very queer.
I keep getting phone calls addressing me by name at my extension looking for human resources - and I'm in CDO!!
I purchased a block of 20 numbers to use as DID's at the office. Some folks are getting calls at their desks from angry creditors. If I ever have to buy another block of DID's, I'm going to specify I want NEVER USED BEFORE numbers!
JCD, Google the number. There are sites like 800notes.com and whocallsme.com that can sometimes give you information, especially if a lot of calls originate from this number. It's probably just a telemarketing ploy. Despite the Do Not Call list, somehow these yahoos get through.
When I was a kid, our phone number was one digit off from a sleazy, by-the-hour hotel downtown. We got a lot of phone calls from pissed off wives. "Don't you tell ME I've got the wrong number! I KNOW my husband is there with that whore of a secretary of his! Now you get him on this phone RIGHT THIS MINUTE!"
When I lived with my family, one time our number was one digit off a local taxi service. After a while, I played dispatcher.
No, it doesn't. Homophones sound alike but have different spellings and meanings. Sea and see are homophones, for example.
You're thinking of homonyms, and Sea is the same as sea, unless you meant see. See? Edit: To Apostle .. fucking mewa...
O, I C. Hey, our number is one digit off the town police. We occasionally get REAL interesting calls.
I accidentally screwed while dialing a 225 number, hit 222 instead and then frustratedly pounded 2, 7 more times before hanging up. The bad part is that number is poison control 911 or something and cops showed up at my place later on. They asked if I dialed 911 and all I did was give them a genuine look of confusion.
No, 910! A couple weeks ago the police did a "reverse 911" callout with a flood warning for the area. Only their sillyass machine kept dialing out continually, so everyone in town got the call every 5 or 10 minutes. Naturally, the one person in town who couldn't understand what was happening and barely spoke English, called us by mistake and asked us why we kept calling her. It took 15 minutes between us to make her understand.
