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Yesterday, I was just about to connect to the internet when my phone rang. Nothing unusual about that except that it was the line that I only use for the internet (except for having a fax machine also connected) but I never - usually- get any incoming calls on it.
So, out of curiosity, I pick up the phone...
"Hello?"
Nothing
"er....hello?"
Still nothing. Strange I thought but never mind. I replace the handset and attemot to dial out from the PC. No connection.
I try again, same thing. So I pick up the handset again and don't get a dial tone, all I can hear now is someone's TV playing in the background and some weird grunting type noises from somewhere a little closer.
So, realising that someone has maybe called me by mistake (wrong number) and forgotten to replace their handset I start whistling and yelling and blowing down the phone to try and attract their attention. No luck!
I try this for about ten minutes altogether. Replacing the handset for a minute and then trying again.
Eventually I start getting mad, this guy is stopping me from logging on to Dropzone.com after all. So, I yell down the phone as loud as I can,
"HELLOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
Then, way in the distance like he's at the other end of the room I hear this old guys voice, as calm as anything, reply,
"Hello" Note, no questioning inflective as if to say "where's that voice coming from?"
"PUT YOUR DAMNED PHONE DOWN!!!!!!!!"
I expected him to pick up the handset and start asking questions like who I was and what did I want and why was I shouting down his phone, but no, he just replied, still from the other side of his room, and still unquestioning,
"Okay"
You really had to be there but at the time it really was quite bizarre.
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