The tricks people played on the early telephones were usually harmless and entertaining. Back when people got the first party lines with the crank ringers, a favorite joke was to tell a new subscriber not to use his phone on a particular day because they were blowing out the lines. When the day came, an old retired farmer put a paper sack over the mouthpiece, and every time someone would ring the phone, he'd lift the receiver and shout, "My God don't use the phone today they're blowing out the lines.", and slam the receiver down. It took him a while to live it down.
My old Aunt Ninny (Nina) was a joker. One day when she was visiting, a local Romeo called for one of many times and asked for my young sister who didn't like him but would still talk to him when he called. Aunt Ninny answered one day when he called and asked for my sister. Aunt Ninny said, "She's not here, my names Ninny, won't I do?" She had a very young voice, so the eager letcher got into a long conversation with her that culminated in their making a date to meet at the "frozen custard" drive-up that was miles from our home. Ninny, of course, never showed up for the date; and the letcher never called my sister again. People are very serious nowadays compared to the way they were in the 1930s. Practical jokes were very popular back then. Unpopular high school teachers could almost count on having limburger cheese rubbed on the door knob to their classrooms or their chair. I haven't seen limburger or liederdranz soft-ripening cheeses in store for years. They were both very "smelly". Gerry Greg wrote: > I guess I'm missing some good, clean fun by screening my calls. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Rich > Thomas via Mercedes > Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 2:35 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Having fun with malicious people > > I get those guys calling every now and then too, clearly from India. I have > on different calls started crying about the fact my computer is going to get > destroyed, kept them going by asking how they know and they say they get > messages, then I tell them I only run apples, then they hang up. On one > call I yelled out, "You clean up the blood then we can drag the body out > when I finish this call." I love screwing with those guys and gals, but I > feel sorta bad for them as most of them probably have more education than > most of our population in the US. > > I was wondering about the NSA aspect too, hell I would pay some more > taxes if there was a box to check [] Send money to NSA to catch phone > spammers Write amount here $______ > > --R > > > On 9/27/14 5:11 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > A little while ago, I got a call from the "Windows Service Center" > > telling me that something was wrong on my Windows computer and that I > > had malicious software on it. I played along with the fellow for > > several minutes, typing the keys and clicking and right-clicking on > > things as he instructed me. He wanted me to bring up the "Run" window > > by various means, starting with typing ctrl-R, then trying the start > > menu, then clicking on "My Computer" on my desktop. > > > > When all of that didn't work, he handed me off to another fellow who > > asked me to right-click on computer. I read him off what I found: > > Open, Browse Folder, Cut, Copy, Make Link, Rename, Move to Trash, > > Stretch Icon, Restore Icon's Original Size, and Properties. > > > > He then had me click on the start menu button. I read off what I found > > there: Accessories, Edutainment, Games, Graphics, ... He cut me off > > and said to click on Accessories and tell him what I saw there. I read > off: > > Calculator, Character Map, Dictionary, GNU Privacy Assistant, KArm, > > Kandy, Take Screenshot, Terminal, Vi IMproved. > > > > After a few seconds, he came back and asked, "You run Linux?" I > > replied, "Yes, and I'm so glad I can waste your time, too." He hung up. > > > > So why can't the NSA use their information and go after guys like this? > > > > > > Craig > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4025/8285 - Release Date: 09/27/14 > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
