I was listening to a Weird Al song about prank calls and realized you can’t really do them anymore now. Also it was funny that he mentioned dialing 7 digit numbers instead of 10

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Al mentions 7 digits and not 10 because back in our day you had to pay long distance charges if you dialed a number outside of your area code. Therefore only the 7 digits were required because no one was dialing 1-xxx to get to another area code and have charges show up on their parents bill and then have to explain who you were calling and why.

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I miss The Jerky Boys…

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Wit that silly little sauce ya got there I got it all up on my nuts.

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People still try. When I worked retail we’d get them often enough as you can’t just not answer an unknown number when someone is calling the store.

That said, if it’s an unknown number we’re already expecting a prank call and are just waiting for the first excuse to hang up.

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I see someone has never worked in telecom

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Or a food delivery place

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My younger brother and me used to call prostitutes and pretend to be clients. Not very proud, but to 13 year old me it was hilarious.

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