I was awoken at 3:45am this morning by a prank call. It would usually be work calling and I should have answered it except that I’m not on call. Since I didn’t recognize the number calling it was probably some off shore developer that really thought his issue was urgent. I didn’t answer it thinking that if it was important they would call back. They did not.
I awoke this morning to the guilt of knowing I had let some poor Argentinian, Brazilian or Manilan person down. I checked my Google Voice for the transcription. I wasn’t expecting much since they probably left the message in poorly pronounced English. (that is still far superior to my Hindi) Indeed the transcript was useless.
I played the message and got the following audio [NSFW]:
Prank phone call lame by notsodeepsouth
Here’s the score as I see it:
Surprise: 3:45am might have caught my dad but this crasshole screens his calls – even in his sleep.
Humor: Domino’s Chicken? You’d like to deliver a chicken to my house? Was ist das?
The Getaway: You didn’t block caller ID when calling from a land line? No more soda for you before bed.
So let’s discuss the proper way to transact a prank phone call. Here are some examples.
Let’s start with the classics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPzFPdJmrlc
This one came from my coworker and I’m filing it under Honky on Honky crime:
Now see this is how a Black woman from the VA handles her $hit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y6dGwfNVZg
And the always clever Welcome to our ool – notice there’s no P in it.
