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From: kaufman@neon.stanford.edu (Marc T. Kaufman)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Phone Gimmicks Put Common Sense on Hold
Message-ID: <telecom-v09i0445m09@vector.dallas.tx.us>
Date: 12 Oct 89 05:38:57 GMT
Reply-To: "Marc T. Kaufman" <kaufman@neon.stanford.edu>
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
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In article <telecom-v09i0439m02@vector.dallas.tx.us> Roy Smith <roy%phri@
uunet.uu.net> writes:

-> X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 432, message 1 of 7
-> The following item appeared in Richard Roeper's column in the <Chicago
-> Sun Times>, Wednesday, October 4, 1989.

-> "Hi kids, this is Jose Canseco of the Oakland A's. If you want to know
-> the true story about how fast I was driving when I got that ticket [...]

> 	This isn't for real, is it?  If it is, it certainly fits any
>reasonable definition of obscene that I can think of.  Even paying $20
>to hear Wanda tell me what she wants to do to me isn't as bad.

The followup to this is that Jose is holding a drawing for some World
Series tickets.  First you call his 900- number.  The recording tells
you ANOTHER 900- number to call to enter the drawing.

I guess even celebrities can be sleaze.

Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu)