What's the STRANGEST phone call (wrong number or otherwise) you ever got?

[Brutuskend]

For me it would have to be one I got at work several years back.

A guy calls up one afternoon and asks "Do you guys buy birds?"

Me "WHAT?"

"DO you guys buy BIRDS? I was driving along yesterday and a OWL hit my car. I want to sell the owl for just enough so I can fix the damage it caused to my car."

Me "Who are you trying to call?"

"This is the Bird Barn isn't it?"

Me "NO, this is the BIKE BARN!"

"OH, well do you know anyone who might wanna buy this OWL?"

Me "No I don't have a clue, anyway you KNOW it's illegal right? This is a WILD bird you're talking about trying to SELL!"

"Oh. Well thanks anyway."

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I'm SURE this numb nuts probably called 10 other places after he got off the phone with me....

 

[Kalvin00]

I don't answer the phone much...so mine isn't that great:

Guy: Hello. (Voice I don't recognize)

Me: Hello?

Guy: I got your message.

Me: .........I'm sorry?

Guy: I got the message you left on my answering machine.

Me: ...umm...I'm sorry *click*

 

[minendo]

Got a call one night around 11:30pm at the old apartment. Guy started asking me technical questions related to his dsl modem. Turns out the CS rep he was dealing with forwarded his call to my home phone number. Have no clue why since I sure in hell don't work for Verizon. The guy and I had an interesting conversation though.

We pretty much just shot the sh!t and ripped on the crappy customer service of Verizon.

 

When I was in high school, my home phone line once rang at about 3:30 a.m. I never got calls that late, so I just rolled over. I heard the answering machine beep on, and I went back to sleep. The next morning I listened to the message, and it was about 5 minutes of someone laughing and playing music...it sounded like a party. Extremely strange, and I never knew who it was.

 

[Gyrene]

My friends and I like to call him "The Black Guy." His number is one number off from one of my friend's, so we called it one day and apparently he's a coked-out coke dealer. So, my friend Will, who is from Iran, always acts like a wacked out, Jihad-loving Muslim, and always tries to get him to meet at Holywood 27, our local movie theater. We never can really understand "The Black Guy," but the conversations are hilarious, always ending with Will saying "Jihad! Jihad! *Arabic war cry*" and "The Black Guy" saying, "Man, I'm gonna, man, I'm gonna, dude, you're gonna meet the end of my...sheeeet, just, goddamn *click*"

 

[eakers]

some kids called my house last week

me: hello
them: welcome to mcdonalds, can we take your order
*hysterical giggles*
me: supersized big mac meal with coke to drink
them: *more giggles* *click*

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: dtyn
My friends and I like to call him "The Black Guy." His number is one number off from one of my friend's, so we called it one day and apparently he's a coked-out coke dealer. So, my friend Will, who is from Iran, always acts like a wacked out, Jihad-loving Muslim, and always tries to get him to meet at Holywood 27, our local movie theater. We never can really understand "The Black Guy," but the conversations are hilarious, always ending with Will saying "Jihad! Jihad! *Arabic war cry*" and "The Black Guy" saying, "Man, I'm gonna, man, I'm gonna, dude, you're gonna meet the end of my...sheeeet, just, goddamn *click*"

Just read your SIG....

<---Ex Jarhead

 

[chowderhead]

I received a call from a "DJ" who claimed to be from 102.7 FM. (No radio station here had that frequency I found out later). He wanted to know if I was interested in doing a contest. The premise was that I had 5 minutes to name 31 flavors of ice cream for a "chance" to win $31,000 dollars. I thought it was crank call so I declined.

 

[tnitsuj]

Freshman year of college a girl calls my dorm room number accidently. I am in the lounge with my cordless and answer.

Her: Hello is so and so there

Me: Sorry, wrong number

Her: okay, bye

a few minutes later phone rings again

Me: hello

Her: Hi, I just called..and it is weird..my whole floor is watching me (she is at the same school in one of the other dorms) and I was captivated by your voice and just had to talk to you again

Me: uhhh..okayyy

So we carry on a conversation for about a half hour with more and more people hearing about it and crowding into the loungw where I was, I could here a bunch of people egging her on in her dorm as well.

Ended up exchanging e-mail adresses. She came to one of our parties....left the next morning Never talked to her again.

 

[Omegachi]

oh oh oh, the other day someone called my phone and left a message. It sounded like someone was barfing for couple of minutes... no talk, no music, no nothing, just barfing noises.

 

[krunchykrome]

For a few months, a couple times each month, we got these strange phone calls. When we would pick up, some automated person would start saying there was a call from some prision or mental institution or something like that. The first time it happened, we thought of it as just another wrong number. But then it kept calling and calling. It was kinda freaky, someone trying to reach us from an institution like that. We never accepted the calls.

 

[Queasy]

Me: "Hello?"
Redneck: "Is Booger there?"
Me: "No" <click>

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend

Originally posted by: dtyn
My friends and I like to call him "The Black Guy." His number is one number off from one of my friend's, so we called it one day and apparently he's a coked-out coke dealer. So, my friend Will, who is from Iran, always acts like a wacked out, Jihad-loving Muslim, and always tries to get him to meet at Holywood 27, our local movie theater. We never can really understand "The Black Guy," but the conversations are hilarious, always ending with Will saying "Jihad! Jihad! *Arabic war cry*" and "The Black Guy" saying, "Man, I'm gonna, man, I'm gonna, dude, you're gonna meet the end of my...sheeeet, just, goddamn *click*"

Just read your SIG....

<---Ex Jarhead

Never an ex-jarhead. Marine for life. Oohrah!

P.S. Nice pun on the SIG

 

a few months back i arrived to work monday morning and checked my voicemail
there were 3 messages all from this same girl

the first started out like, "Hi, you don't know me, my name is Jessica. My friend Rob just got arrested and it's all my fault, We were out drinking and we were going back to my place but i was too drunk to drive so he was driving. we got pulled over and now he's in jail and it's all my fault I need 350 dollars to get him out *click*

2nd call was about 10 minutes later according to the voicemail system
"hi this is jessica again, sorry to keep bothering you but I really need to get my friend out of jail. I feel bad and it's all my fault *30 seconds of sniffling and crying*......please help.....i'll do ANYTHING"

3rd call was about 45 minutes later
"hey it's me, can you come pick me up? *about 30 seconds of sobbing, 30 seconds of her talking to someone on street* I'm at the payphone on state and water"

The last call was around 5:30 according to the voicemail system, i got to work at 6am.......and i work a block away from the payphone she said she was calling from.
I was too weirded out to go look outside to see if anyone was there.

It was weird as hell...the girl was so drunk - i have no idea how she hit my work number 3 times.

 

Originally posted by: Queasy
Me: "Hello?"
Redneck: "Is Booger there?"
Me: "No" <click>

Uhhh..you're not from n illinois are ya?
If so that might have been me. I have a friend named booger and people are constantly calling his old phone numbers asking for him (seriously)

 

[Xionide]

Originally posted by: jntdesign
a few months back i arrived to work monday morning and checked my voicemail
there were 3 messages all from this same girl

the first started out like, "Hi, you don't know me, my name is Jessica. My friend Rob just got arrested and it's all my fault, We were out drinking and we were going back to my place but i was too drunk to drive so he was driving. we got pulled over and now he's in jail and it's all my fault I need 350 dollars to get him out *click*

2nd call was about 10 minutes later according to the voicemail system
"hi this is jessica again, sorry to keep bothering you but I really need to get my friend out of jail. I feel bad and it's all my fault *30 seconds of sniffling and crying*......please help.....i'll do ANYTHING"

3rd call was about 45 minutes later
"hey it's me, can you come pick me up? *about 30 seconds of sobbing, 30 seconds of her talking to someone on street* I'm at the payphone on state and water"

The last call was around 5:30 according to the voicemail system, i got to work at 6am.......and i work a block away from the payphone she said she was calling from.
I was too weirded out to go look outside to see if anyone was there.

It was weird as hell...the girl was so drunk - i have no idea how she hit my work number 3 times.

What would happen if you were at work and looked out there is you would see her sobbing in the street. You go to help her out. You get mugged.

 

Originally posted by: Xionide

Originally posted by: jntdesign
a few months back i arrived to work monday morning and checked my voicemail
there were 3 messages all from this same girl

the first started out like, "Hi, you don't know me, my name is Jessica. My friend Rob just got arrested and it's all my fault, We were out drinking and we were going back to my place but i was too drunk to drive so he was driving. we got pulled over and now he's in jail and it's all my fault I need 350 dollars to get him out *click*

2nd call was about 10 minutes later according to the voicemail system
"hi this is jessica again, sorry to keep bothering you but I really need to get my friend out of jail. I feel bad and it's all my fault *30 seconds of sniffling and crying*......please help.....i'll do ANYTHING"

3rd call was about 45 minutes later
"hey it's me, can you come pick me up? *about 30 seconds of sobbing, 30 seconds of her talking to someone on street* I'm at the payphone on state and water"

The last call was around 5:30 according to the voicemail system, i got to work at 6am.......and i work a block away from the payphone she said she was calling from.
I was too weirded out to go look outside to see if anyone was there.

It was weird as hell...the girl was so drunk - i have no idea how she hit my work number 3 times.

What would happen if you were at work and looked out there is you would see her sobbing in the street. You go to help her out. You get mugged.

Probably

 

[kranky]

One afternoon I got a call from an angry lady.

kranky: Hello?
Lady: Is this Ted McWilliams Ford?
kranky: No, you have the wrong number.
Lady: Sorry. <click>

....a minute later.... ring...ring...
kranky: Hello?
Lady: Is this Ted McWilliams Ford?
kranky: No, you still have the wrong -
Lady: <click>

......a minute later....ring...ring...
kranky: Hello?
Lady: Is this Ted McWilliams Ford?
kranky: No, you still...
Lady: DON'T GIVE ME THAT sh!t! I checked the number three times!
kranky: Sorry-
Lady: This is Julia Anderson, like you don't already know! What the HELL are you doing about my car? When is it going to be ready? You jerks keep-
kranky: <click>

....a minute later....ring....ring.....
kranky: Lady, this isn't-
Lady: I'm not putting up with ANY MORE OF YOUR sh!t! You've had my car for FIVE DAYS and it was supposed to be fixed TWO DAMN DAYS AGO! I need my DAMN CAR BACK!
kranky: Lady, this isn't-
Lady: LISTEN, buddy, I'm coming down there at FOUR O'CLOCK and MY CAR BETTER BE READY! If it's not done I'm going to CALL THE COPS!
kranky: Ma'am, I'm very sorry about the delay. Please come down at four o'clock and I give you my personal guarantee your car will be ready. And your repairs will be on the house. No charge. Just ask to see Mr. Burns and he'll have everything arranged.
Lady: Now THAT'S more like it. Why do you ALWAYS put me through this sh!t? I'm so SICK of you people. <click>

The weird part was that I looked up the number for Ted McWilliams Ford, and it was nothing at all like mine. I only wish I could have been there to witness that lady trying to get her car repairs for free.

 

[Narse]

Originally posted by: kranky
One afternoon I got a call from an angry lady.

kranky: Hello?
Lady: Is this Ted McWilliams Ford?
kranky: No, you have the wrong number.
Lady: Sorry. <click>

....a minute later.... ring...ring...
kranky: Hello?
Lady: Is this Ted McWilliams Ford?
kranky: No, you still have the wrong -
Lady: <click>

......a minute later....ring...ring...
kranky: Hello?
Lady: Is this Ted McWilliams Ford?
kranky: No, you still...
Lady: DON'T GIVE ME THAT sh!t! I checked the number three times!
kranky: Sorry-
Lady: This is Julia Anderson, like you don't already know! What the HELL are you doing about my car? When is it going to be ready? You jerks keep-
kranky: <click>

....a minute later....ring....ring.....
kranky: Lady, this isn't-
Lady: I'm not putting up with ANY MORE OF YOUR sh!t! You've had my car for FIVE DAYS and it was supposed to be fixed TWO DAMN DAYS AGO! I need my DAMN CAR BACK!
kranky: Lady, this isn't-
Lady: LISTEN, buddy, I'm coming down there at FOUR O'CLOCK and MY CAR BETTER BE READY! If it's not done I'm going to CALL THE COPS!
kranky: Ma'am, I'm very sorry about the delay. Please come down at four o'clock and I give you my personal guarantee your car will be ready. And your repairs will be on the house. No charge. Just ask to see Mr. Burns and he'll have everything arranged.
Lady: Now THAT'S more like it. Why do you ALWAYS put me through this sh!t? I'm so SICK of you people. <click> The weird part was that I looked up the number for Ted McWilliams Ford, and it was nothing at all like mine. I only wish I could have been there to witness that lady trying to get her car repairs for free.

I would have drove there at 4 just to see that!!!

 

[CarlKillerMiller]

I pick up the phone, then...

me: hello?
them (obviously on speakerphone): HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
me: umm, excuse me?
them: Yeah, man, happy birthday!
me: I think you've got the wrong number
them: Haha, nice one, bro
me: No, I think you have the wrong number
them: Alright man, that's enough of that
me: No, you have the wrong number
them: oh fvck *click*

 

Originally posted by: Narse

Originally posted by: kranky
One afternoon I got a call from an angry lady.

kranky: Hello?
Lady: Is this Ted McWilliams Ford?
kranky: No, you have the wrong number.
Lady: Sorry. <click>

....a minute later.... ring...ring...
kranky: Hello?
Lady: Is this Ted McWilliams Ford?
kranky: No, you still have the wrong -
Lady: <click>

......a minute later....ring...ring...
kranky: Hello?
Lady: Is this Ted McWilliams Ford?
kranky: No, you still...
Lady: DON'T GIVE ME THAT sh!t! I checked the number three times!
kranky: Sorry-
Lady: This is Julia Anderson, like you don't already know! What the HELL are you doing about my car? When is it going to be ready? You jerks keep-
kranky: <click>

....a minute later....ring....ring.....
kranky: Lady, this isn't-
Lady: I'm not putting up with ANY MORE OF YOUR sh!t! You've had my car for FIVE DAYS and it was supposed to be fixed TWO DAMN DAYS AGO! I need my DAMN CAR BACK!
kranky: Lady, this isn't-
Lady: LISTEN, buddy, I'm coming down there at FOUR O'CLOCK and MY CAR BETTER BE READY! If it's not done I'm going to CALL THE COPS!
kranky: Ma'am, I'm very sorry about the delay. Please come down at four o'clock and I give you my personal guarantee your car will be ready. And your repairs will be on the house. No charge. Just ask to see Mr. Burns and he'll have everything arranged.
Lady: Now THAT'S more like it. Why do you ALWAYS put me through this sh!t? I'm so SICK of you people. <click> The weird part was that I looked up the number for Ted McWilliams Ford, and it was nothing at all like mine. I only wish I could have been there to witness that lady trying to get her car repairs for free.

I would have drove there at 4 just to see that!!!

hell yeah

"theres a TURD in my car!"

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

While working for General Motors, I got a Howard Stern soundboard call.

me: Thank you for calling Pontiac. My name is Nik. How can I help you?
them: "OMG... I ... WOW! You have a GREAT rack!"
me: Pardon me?
them: "Come on, tell us the truth. Would you let him fvck you in the ass?"
me: Thank you for calling Pontiac. My name is Nik. How can I help you?
them: "........ <snicker> <whisper - click that one... no, that one! NO this one's funnier>
me: Prank calls are not appreciated. Grow up, gentlemen. *click*



Okay, so it wasn't funny. But that's really the only strange call I've ever had.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Chraticn
I pick up the phone, then...

me: hello?
them (obviously on speakerphone): HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
me: umm, excuse me?
them: Yeah, man, happy birthday!
me: I think you've got the wrong number
them: Haha, nice one, bro
me: No, I think you have the wrong number
them: Alright man, that's enough of that
me: No, you have the wrong number
them: oh fvck *click*

LOL

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Never had any weird ones but I have a friend who always called my old cell # because he forgot to update it, and asks for "Dimitri" as in a black market arms dealer (that's not my name). The guy used to get mad.

 

[rh71]

this definitely qualifies for my strangest (it left me saying WTF to myself)