My house number is 1 digit off the local Canadian Tire store. Most calls are for the garage, and want to know if their vehicle is ready.
I always say, YES.:-) Dave Quoting Doug Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Digital Image Studio wrote: >> >> Oh the Joy. A friend of mine once had a number that was commonly >> mis-dialled by listeners attempting to dial a local radio stations >> competition line. For some entertainment he put together a bogus >> winners message on his answer machine which was quite rude, a lot of >> people still left their details. >> > > The phone here on my desk has a number that is one digit off from that > of the local Jeep dealership, so I get two or three calls a day for the > parts department. Most days I'm nice about it, but the particularly > obtuse caller gets the Hold treatment, where I pretend to be several > people, all of whom put the caller on hold for varying lengths of time. > > And when I was a nipper, our home phone number was very close to the > local time and temp number, so at times we'd report, "at the tone, it > will be eleventy twelve o'clock, temperature 257 degrees. Beep." > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net