I just received the strangest phonecall...

[winjim]

A stranger came out to me by text message once. That was unexpected.

 

[ColinJ]

A woman that I knew asked (while on the phone to me) if I liked phone sex. I didn't actually even know what it was so I said "no". She changed the subject and it was never mentioned again!

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

I got a call from someone (with a London accent),who started wittering on about how he couldn't get something decent to eat,taxi drivers were being pricks and something about coming over next Tuesday.
When I asked who he was he said "Micheal,ya stupid prick ".
Sorry I think you have the wrong number I said .
"Put Lee on you Scottish daffodil",and then told me to fark off.
It was 2 on the morning.
I also got a text a while back which informed me I was "a farking dead man"
When I phoned it up ,it was someone from England,who seemed quite upbeat and pleasant.
When I asked who he was ,he wanted to know who I was .
"I'm the farking dead man apparently,you text me"
"Oh sorry mate,it was just a joke to my workmate "
Some workmate you are I said.
He apologised and hung up.

 

[T4tomo]

My landline phone just rang, it was a 'private caller' (so number withheld) but I'm a curious sort of fellow so I picked it up anyway. We have a call blocker, so we don't get tons of spam calls.

The chap at the other end asked me if I could do him a quick favour. 'Sure' said I, and he asked me to tell his son Raveen to revise, then passed the phone to his son. Here's roughly how the conversion went,

ME - So your dad tells me you need to revise, what are you studying?

RAVEEN - GCSE biology and science.

ME - Oh, neat. How is it going?

RAVEEN - Not very well, I get ungraded in all my tests and works.

ME - Oh I see, what does the teacher tell you is the problem?

RAVEEN - Teacher says I'm a lazy shoot.

ME - Well that's not very friendly is it.

RAVEEN - No...

ME - Well I have no idea who your dad is, how he got my number, or why he thinks I should tell you to revise. But I'll be honest with you, I didn't revise at school and didn't do very well at all with my GCSEs.

RAVEEN (sounding uncomfortable) - Oh?

ME - I didn't revise very much at all. But I turned out okay. It's important to do your best at school but I guess school just isn't for everyone. It could be worth revising a but harder, but ultimately if you're smart then you'll probably be fine...


So that was odd. I'm not sure I helped very much. The whole time I was on the phone I was expecting there to be some sort of spammy or scamming angle but I just couldn't find it.

Has anyone else had calls like this?

Are you sure your not Raveens teacher?

 

[Sandra6]

Years ago I had a string of messages left on my mobile, I got them in reverse order which made it more amusing.
#1 It's not funny, you're useless, I can't believe you've done this. expletive expletive
#2 You're not ffffing coming are you??
#3 chrissake where are you??
#4 hurry up. I'm waiting
#5 Where are you?
#6 I'm here
#7 I'll be there in 5 minutes
#8 pick me up from the station at 7
or words to that effect

A friend of my sister in laws once randomly dialled a number, just for fun, and ended up going out with the guy for a while. He was a right weirdo.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

A friend of my sister in laws once randomly dialled a number, just for fun, and ended up going out with the guy for a while. He was a right weirdo.

That is the clear winner

 

[Tin Pot]

A friend of my sister in laws once randomly dialled a number, just for fun, and ended up going out with the guy for a while. He was a right weirdo.

Hang on, the guy who received the call was the weirdo, or was this a gay thing?

 

[ColinJ]

I had a weird call once ...

 

[Crackle]

When I was quite young, I took a call I couldn't make head nor tail of, so I handed it to my older sister with the words, it's for you. She listened for a few seconds before slamming the phone down, looking at me and referring to me as a prize twerp! I've never quite live it down and it's referred to as the Goblin Teasmade conversation in our family.

 

[siadwell]

I've had a couple of interesting wrong number voicemails left on my mobile:

"Kevin, it's June Greening here. Can you give me a call? It's about your pig."

"Dad, come 'ome. Ah've bust me nose." (in a nasal northern accent)

 

[nickyboy]

I remember when I was about 14 we were troubled by someone calling and not speaking, then they would hang up. This was in the days long before caller ID etc

I was in on my own and answered the phone...silence.....so I let them have it with both barrels......"you f***ing c***, why don't you f***ing f*** off and f***ing leave us alone"

Turned out it was my Mum. She was calling from a friend's house. I couldn't hear her but she could hear me

 

[MossCommuter]

My number used to be close to a pub in the village and I occasionally took calls from the brewery who wanted my order.

I was soooo tempted.

Friends' number was close to a local restaurant's and they once came home to ansaphone message: "Hi, it's John... y'know, John and Kathleen... anyway - we'd like our favourite table on Friday if that's ok.. six people at 8pm.. Give us a bell if there's any problem.. you've got our number.... tra"

 

[swee'pea99]

I picked up the phone in my house once to find my younger sister putting on a really really distorted silly voice, asking if my mother was around. Mimicing the silly drawly voice as best I could, I said I'd find out, then handed the phone to my mum. It quickly became clear that it wasn't my sister she was talking to, and when the call ended she confirmed that it was a friend of hers who had had a stroke. Oops. To say the least...

 

[ColinJ]

The mad OAP who refused to believe that he had phoned my house rather than a local police station ... LINK.

 

[Tin Pot]

I remember when I was about 14 we were troubled by someone calling and not speaking, then they would hang up. This was in the days long before caller ID etc

I was in on my own and answered the phone...silence.....so I let them have it with both barrels......"you f***ing c***, why don't you f***ing f*** off and f***ing leave us alone"

Turned out it was my Mum. She was calling from a friend's house. I couldn't hear her but she could hear me

I had similar silent calls and phoned my service provider to see what they could do.

They traced the calls to a phone box three streets from my flat.

...I didn't feel this improved my situation.