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Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Phantom 911 Dialer??
Keywords: phone weirdness
Message-ID: <6968@cps3xx.UUCP>
Date: 16 Mar 90 09:03:34 GMT
References: <4469@daffy.cs.wisc.edu>
Reply-To: draper@cpsin1.UUCP (Patrick J Draper)
Organization: Engineering, Michigan State Univ., E. Lansing
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In article <4469@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> heins@rt19.cs.wisc.edu (Scott Heins) writes:
>
>Something very strange happened to me last night, and I'm
>wondering if any of you netlanders have any ideas as to 
>the cause.
>
>While I was quietly sitting and studying for an upcoming
>exam last night at about 1:00am I received a phone call.
>The guy asked me "Did you dial 911??".  After a quick check
>with my roommate (who was asleep in an adjacent room), I
>confusingly told him "No".  
[rest of article deleted]

It sounds like one of your friends (or enemies!) can't wait for April 1.
They called 911, called you up and pretended to be the authorities, gave
you the line about your phone dialing 911 by itself, waited for the cops
to arrive, called you back to tell you to meet them at the door, and are
probably laughing about it right now!

Maybe you could ask the folks at rec.humor for some good payback gags.
April 1 is coming soon.


Patrick Draper       Michigan State University