+1 GOTHness

[puddingcat]

*facepalms*

It appears that my home phone number is one digit different from the Stockport Coroner's Office.

When the Parent People's number was similar to a local pizza takeaway, they got so fed up of wrong numbers that they started taking orders, on the grounds that the people would call back (more than likely to the correct number) and demand a free pizza when their order didn't arrive.

Maybe I should change my Call Minder message?

Comments

[whiskeylover.livejournal.com]

Hmmm- have people demanding a free funeral???


"Hello, has someone close to you just died? In that case you have dialled the wrong number. Please check the number & try again..."

[calligrafiti.livejournal.com]

Maybe I should change my Call Minder message?

To the "Dead Parrot" sketch? [+1 GEEKness]
To Dr. McCoy from the original Star Trek saying, "He's dead, Jim"? [+2 GEEKness]
To a verse of Bauhaus's "Bela Lugosi's Dead" with your voice following up, "And no one else is looking too good either"? [+1 GOTHness]
To an official-sounding instruction guide on what to do when the dead rise for the inevitable zombie apocalypse? [+1 GEEKness, +2 WTFness]
To a kindly worded, "I'm sorry your loved one is dead, but I don't got 'em" message? [+4 far nicer and less morbid than me-ness]

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Use the funerals at prestatyn Monty Python sketch!

[pmoodie.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a bit of a pain, but it should provide you with lots of comedy phone-calls about dead people.

[marcushill.livejournal.com]

We used to get messages on our answering machine from confused sounding old people saying "Hello? Hello? Is this the doctor's surgery? I'd like to make an appointment." I considered changing the message, but since it already said quite clearly that it was "Marcus and Sue's answering machine", the chances of an improvement if the machine included the word "surgery" (even if prefaced by "not") were pretty slim we decided against it.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I just remembered that the first phone number I had in Nuremberg must have been similar to or even used to be one of a Turkish travel agent.
When I answered the phone with my last name (as you do in Germany), most people would realise or at least ask if they had the wrong number except one guy who asked whether you needed a visa for travelling to Turkey. I said "Sorry, I don't know. Can I suggest you ask at a Turkish travel agent?". ;o)