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- From: mechalas@expert.cc.purdue.edu (John Mechalas)
- Subject: A little Wednesday excitement
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- Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:49:10 GMT
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- Standard disclaimers apply.....
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- It was another boring Wednesday night, and I was sitting in my room
- watching television (in the hopes that I would be entertained) when the
- phone rang.
-
- "Hello?"
-
- A girl's voice came over the line.
-
- "Can I speak to Ben, please?"
-
- I live by myself, and my name definitely is not Ben. It was probably
- a wrong number. Of course, it was also a dull evening, even for Indiana.
-
- "I'm sorry, he's not in right now. Can I take a message?"
-
- "Do you know what time he'll be back?" she responded.
-
- "I think he said he'd be home around 10:00."
-
- Silence on the other end...a confused silence. I had a live one.
-
- "Is this Steve?"
-
- My name isn't Steve, either. This was definitely a wrong number.
-
- "Yes, it is. Do you want to leave a message for Ben?"
-
- "Well...he said he would be home tonight and asked me to call him..."
- she said in a slightly irritated voice.
-
- I must have sounded a lot more like Steve than I had thought.
-
- I replied, "Well, he went out with Karen about an hour ago, and said
- that he would be back at 10:00."
-
- A shocked voice now: "Who's Karen?!"
-
- "The girl he went out with." (I've seen _Fletch_ several times).
-
- "I know that! I mean....who is she?" (She must have seen _Fletch_,
- too....Or is that _Fletch Too_? Whatever..)
-
- "I don't know her last name. Look, do you want me to leave a
- message for Ben?"
-
- "Yes...please do. Tell him to call me when he gets home."
-
- She was sounding pretty irate at this point, and I could hear her temper
- flaring. Now would be a good time to call an end to the charade.
-
- "I sure will. Is this Jennifer?"
-
- She exploded this time. "WHO'S JENNIFER?!"
-
- Apparently she wasn't.
-
- "Well...he's going out with Jennifer at 10:00. I thought you were
- her. Sorry...it was an honest mistake."
-
- "Ben's the one that's made the mistake! Tell him that ALICE called
- him and the she's VERY UPSET and that I would LIKE HIM to CALL ME as
- SOON AS HE GETS HOME."
-
- I smiled and said, "Okay, I will...but Becky isn't going to like this..."
-
- "BECKY?!?!?"
-
- "*click*"
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