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18. We use to call someone and ask if Jim was there

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #13)

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 05:55 PM

Aug 2013

wait a couple of hours and call again asking for Jim. We would do that 3 or 4 times in the same day. Then later that night call and say this is Jim, have there been any messages left for me? We thought we were hilarious.

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Brain Teaser....What minor crime has been virtually [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2013 OP

Fortune telling. rug Aug 2013 #1

is that a crime? Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2013 #4

In NY it is. Max sentence 90 days. rug Aug 2013 #5

Such laws are on the books just about everywhere and enforced almost nowhere. Chan790 Aug 2013 #9

Did you know that, in New York, it is illegal to have sex with a dead body or a live animal? rug Aug 2013 #21

Now I know what nightmares are made of... Chan790 Aug 2013 #27

Phone phreaking? nolabear Aug 2013 #2

HA....No way...that sounds hysterical. NO...but you are getting warm nt Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2013 #3

Really? I've never heard of that. But it's fucking brilliant. nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #10

Plugging pay phones jmowreader Aug 2013 #6

jay walking Paulie Aug 2013 #7

Slugging. Chan790 Aug 2013 #8

Thats really a good one too. And, slugs for drink machines - which now Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2013 #14

Adultery? No Vested Interest Aug 2013 #11

Prank phone calls. Threatening phone calls. Denninmi Aug 2013 #12

Ding Ding Ding....Yes ! Obscene Phone Calls !! I do+ Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2013 #13

No more "Do you have Prince Albert in a can?" nt No Vested Interest Aug 2013 #15

Or "Is your refrigerator running?" KamaAina Aug 2013 #17

Erm, they still do. Baitball Blogger Aug 2013 #16

We use to call someone and ask if Jim was there newcriminal Aug 2013 #18

HAHA. It sounds just so simple and fun...it makes me glad Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2013 #22

See my reply below which also involves telephones. Jenoch Aug 2013 #20

does that work on cell phones? I would be afraid somehow Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2013 #24

It does work on cell phones. Jenoch Aug 2013 #26

Great gonna crank call tonight ! Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2013 #28

Be careful not to call the same number Jenoch Aug 2013 #30

If you're willing to spend a little money, JoeyT Aug 2013 #31

I'm writing this without having first read the entire thread. Jenoch Aug 2013 #19

No...but excellent guess. True dat Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2013 #23

Did you read your own thread? Jenoch Aug 2013 #25

No link....was an independent thought. Wasn't Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2013 #29

Making copies of VCR tapes. n/t JoeyT Aug 2013 #32

I loved watching Bart torment Moe on the Simpsons RiffRandell Aug 2013 #33

But, at least for a while, *this* minor crime has gotten much worse. dawg Aug 2013 #34

???? easily offended? guess that's sarcasm, huh. duh nt Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2013 #35