THIS IS A READ-ONLY ARCHIVE FROM THE SORABJI.COM MESSAGE BOARDS (1995-2016). |
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By Sorabji on Wednesday, November 19, 1997 - 07:12 pm: |
The most common types of bogus submissions are of this variety: "This is a child molester's phone number. His name is Ted and he has been convicted three times for touching boys." The purpose of the Project is not, as has been implied at other websites, to provide a way for pissed off college boys to get back at their ex-girlfriends. Rather, the purpose of The Payphone Project is to give people who are in need of someone to talk to a resource from which they can get phone numbers and hopefully reach people who enjoy the type of conversation which occurs when you pick up a ringing payphone and just start talking. And the purpose of this message board is for you to tell us about the conversations you had with people who answered the payphones listed here. Postings of bogus payphone numbers to this board will be nuked as soon as possible. The posting system for this message board occasionally craps out, returning a not-too-helpful error message. If you are posting something of substance or length I would suggest typing it into Notepad or Simpletext or some other word processor and then copying and pasting the text into the text-entry area. The system usually returns to normal after a few moments, and you should be able to post your message soon enough.
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By Namaste on Friday, November 21, 1997 - 12:17 pm: |
This could become an obsession! Today I tried the phone outside of "Trunks" in W. Hollywood...no answer. unsure of how to identify myself to the person picking up...don't want to scare them off, but I do want to pique their interest long enough to talk for more than 30 seconds. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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By Shawn on Saturday, November 22, 1997 - 09:12 pm: |
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By Shawn on Monday, November 24, 1997 - 02:14 pm: |
i work for a long distance consulting co and have database of 2500+public phones and apprx 500-600 privates- need any specific areas i just stumbled on this page inadvertantly
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By Ranma (C.S.) on Wednesday, November 26, 1997 - 05:02 pm: |
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By Dsm on Friday, November 28, 1997 - 10:46 am: |
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By Scooter on Sunday, November 30, 1997 - 01:29 am: |
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By Already posted on Sunday, November 30, 1997 - 02:40 am: |
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By Already posted on Sunday, November 30, 1997 - 02:41 am: |
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By Possum on Sunday, November 30, 1997 - 09:45 am: |
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By Tony on Sunday, November 30, 1997 - 10:15 pm: |
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By Kelsey on Sunday, November 30, 1997 - 10:28 pm: |
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By Irate irene on Monday, December 1, 1997 - 12:45 am: |
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By Da Pa on Monday, December 1, 1997 - 12:47 pm: |
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By Endlessummermailexcite.com on Monday, December 1, 1997 - 08:53 pm: |
During this conversation, the student was held up at gunpoint by a group of local youths, who then murdered him for his pocket change, while his mother was still connected on the line and listening to the situation play itself out. Needless to say, sales of Spring Break tours to Daytona Beach in 1997 fell by over 50% right across the province of Ontario. I say, lets ban hand guns, enforce curfew laws, end spring break, and install bullet proof phone booths. Sadly, I know none of these recommendations will be acted upon, and the senselss slaughter of young Canadian students will continue, unabatted. Phone booths can kill, only you can prevent telecommunications manslaughter. The moral of this story is, pay the 50 cent surcharge and the extra long distance fees and make the call from inside your hotel room or from the hotel lobby, it could save your life! |
By Sorabji on Monday, December 1, 1997 - 11:49 pm: |
i've always understood that the phone company changes those self-id numbers pretty regularly. i just had a 2nd line installed and tried to get a look at what the guy pressed to get the automated voice repeating back the number. it was a 3-digit code he entered. but i couldn't see what it was. i'd swear it was 958, but that can't be. unless it only works on his special handset device. damn, life is hard. |
By Kelsey on Tuesday, December 2, 1997 - 01:08 am: |
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By WeaselPI on Tuesday, December 2, 1997 - 04:55 pm: |
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By Sorabji on Tuesday, December 2, 1997 - 07:48 pm: |
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By Bob Marchand on Wednesday, December 3, 1997 - 10:35 am: |
uh-oh... I'm thinking too much again... this is why they keeps me in the f***in' basement... |
By Tony SpazZer on Wednesday, December 3, 1997 - 10:48 am: |
Dial 999 then your own number. After you recieve a dead dial-tone, hang up the phone for 2 seconds, pick it back up again. You should get a different tone this time. Hang up again and your phone should start to ring. Works in the Toronto area, not sure of others.. |
By Sapir on Wednesday, December 3, 1997 - 10:52 pm: |
payphone right outside of au coquelet cafe? i probly tweaked the spelling on that badboy. my frog croaked. |
By Silly on Thursday, December 4, 1997 - 02:56 pm: |
We also loved calling taxis to come to nearby addresses. We would try to contact the cabbies with our walkie talkies! That was a blast! We ALWAYS made contact with them and we'd scare them when we said "we see you" and described the taxi they were driving and telling them where they were. Is this what the PAYPHONE POJECT is all about??? Will someone please EXPLAIN? I don't get it, throw me a bone here!!! |
By Mark Hosking (MelbourneAustralia) on Friday, December 5, 1997 - 02:44 am: |
If you don't believe me then your just plain silly. Interested listener. beep. beep. beep. beep. (Thats the engaged signal). It's so hard to be dramatic when your typing. |
By CallMe on Friday, December 5, 1997 - 04:37 pm: |
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By Danr on Friday, December 5, 1997 - 06:57 pm: |
There's all kinds of tricks you can do with the phone exchanges over here. Like dialling a special prefix before a internatioanal call to specify whether or not you want to use a satellite link or not. |
By Fred on Saturday, December 6, 1997 - 11:13 pm: |
for no reason. |
By Jazz on Wednesday, December 10, 1997 - 08:17 pm: |
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By Wuz Up on Friday, December 12, 1997 - 09:16 pm: |
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By MobPharc on Sunday, December 14, 1997 - 10:34 am: |
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By Scrunch on Thursday, December 18, 1997 - 06:10 pm: |
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By Lois Lane on Friday, December 19, 1997 - 02:44 pm: |
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By MobPHARc on Friday, December 19, 1997 - 10:54 pm: |
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By L.paSTEur on Friday, December 26, 1997 - 12:11 am: |
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By R.C. on Friday, December 26, 1997 - 12:38 am: |
1. What is the # you dial to get the phone to tell you what # you're calling from? (I tried 114 -- it didn't work. I'm in FL, if that makes a difference.) I remember seeing the NYTel installer do this when I got my last phone put in in NY. But he wouldn't tell me what # he dialed -- he just told me what my new phone# was. Most payphones I come across now have no #'s listed on them. So if I find one in a great spot/how can I get the # to call it? 2. I know someone out there knows how to override the block that prevents a payphone from accepting incoming calls. Pls. explain how this is done & whether or not special equipment is required. 3. Can I use a payphone to call another payphone? (So I can stake out a cool location/ find another phone nearby/then call the 1st phone & watch to see who answers it.) Or is there some kind of block on that too? |
By Jellybean on Saturday, December 27, 1997 - 12:52 am: |
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By Scrunch on Sunday, December 28, 1997 - 11:24 pm: |
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By R.C. on Sunday, December 28, 1997 - 11:51 pm: |
I'm new at this/but, uum, I think the whole point of calling up payphones is to talk to RANDOM STRANGERS. Y'know, people you DON'T know... |
By Bio student on Monday, December 29, 1997 - 01:13 pm: |
there is a LOT of bacteria on phone recivers. I'm a highschool student, and last year in biology we were given q-tips and told to go swab something in the school. I headed straight for the payphones in the lobby. We wiped the q-tips into petri dishes and waited 3 days.........yuck! the bacteria that grew off of that thing, it was disgusting. For god sakes don't EVER get the reciver too close to you..... |
By Scrunch on Monday, December 29, 1997 - 05:27 pm: |
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By Landon lover on Friday, January 2, 1998 - 03:26 am: |
I love Landon, but I'm not going to tell you my name of course! He goes to Irving Junior High in Pocatello, Idaho- same as Jordan. I hope you find this f-head cause that means you, yes you, I love you Landon!!! Call me some time, get the net it's sooooo cool! You know, it's kind of hard to chat with you if you're not at your grandma's house. so, my advise to you and your dad is, GET THE NET! lots of hugs and kisses, riceroni (the San Francisco treat) |
By Nick R. on Saturday, January 3, 1998 - 06:18 pm: |
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By Jordan lover (Scrunch) on Saturday, January 3, 1998 - 10:23 pm: |
Your bud, Dandelion |
By Violet love-rossdale on Monday, January 5, 1998 - 11:07 am: |
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By I love Jordah on Friday, January 9, 1998 - 06:40 pm: |
I know who T.J. is!!! He's a ninth grader, so it's no wonder he doesn't know Jordan or Landon. So, how'd ya like talking to T.J.? I don't think I know who Jason is. What time did you call at? It would be really good if you called around noon (that would have to be western time) when we're all at lunch. Let me know if you're going to call. Then, I can stand by the phone, and personally give it to Landon or Jordan. Thanx for calling! |
By Scrunch on Saturday, January 10, 1998 - 01:11 am: |
I just barely noticed that. |
By MiRJeN on Thursday, January 22, 1998 - 01:31 pm: |
personally, i don't think anyone sane would touch a payphone. i may be considered paranoid, but i've been sick less than ever since i started carrying those little alcohol pads (the prepackaged kind they use at the doctor's) and wiping the phone, handle, buttons, especially reciever and mouthpeice, before touching it. I go to a lot of out-of-state debate tournaments and collect the numbers, and people laugh at the pile of sani-wipes in my bag. but then they realize what i'm doing and ask to borrow them. i'm going to move up to the can of lysol next, but they don't have a convienient travel size yet. |
By Howard hugh...uh..Smith on Thursday, January 22, 1998 - 02:37 pm: |
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By Just Some Guy on Sunday, February 1, 1998 - 08:57 pm: |
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By Val on Monday, February 2, 1998 - 12:32 am: |
is it rilly fun? you can call a payphone from another payphone if it takes incoming calls ? Live hamsters? |
By Slacker on Monday, February 2, 1998 - 08:07 pm: |
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By Scrunch on Wednesday, February 4, 1998 - 07:10 pm: |
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By Proctolophone on Tuesday, February 24, 1998 - 03:07 am: |
Me neither, but... |
By Curious on Tuesday, February 24, 1998 - 03:19 am: |
Would be amusing to use this to set up two connected ringing payphones. Especially in the same bank of phones. |
By Hotdog on Friday, March 13, 1998 - 05:03 pm: |
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By George on Tuesday, April 7, 1998 - 11:24 am: |
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By Jim aka PajamaBoy on Tuesday, April 7, 1998 - 11:50 am: |
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By JboxR on Tuesday, April 7, 1998 - 12:26 pm: |
Your idea sounds very amusing. Maybe I should go mock somebody... Only thing is that here in Japan, I might have difficulty finding goodwill in the public! |
By Hotdog on Thursday, April 16, 1998 - 09:24 pm: |
You liked that one? You'll love this one. Call a friend from a payphone, say what you're wearing etc etc, act natural and hang about, and get them to call the payphone back and ask whoever answers to speak to you. It's guaranteed to work! Watch their faces when they realize it wasn't a wrong number!! |
By ENCHANTER on Friday, May 1, 1998 - 02:08 pm: |
OH, AND HERE'S A GOOD OPENING LINE,"HI, I WAS WONDERING, IF A STRANGE PERSON CALLS A PAY PHONE THAT YOU ARE STANDING AT, SHOULD YOU ANSWER IT?" |
By Christopher on Friday, May 1, 1998 - 04:33 pm: |
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By Darley on Saturday, May 30, 1998 - 06:26 pm: |
You should be less worried about the bacteria on the handset than about the amazing amount of fecal matter on the buttons. In the hotel industry it is well-known that the FILTHIEST things in the building are the elevator buttons - think about it... Darley33@hotmail.com |
By Swine on Sunday, May 31, 1998 - 03:52 pm: |
yo... that's nasty. |
By Nate on Sunday, May 31, 1998 - 05:03 pm: |
From the people who eat, piss and pay, presumeably. Though I wouldn't rule out the huge piss parties the after hours crews are said to hold. Fecal matter shows up in the strangest of places. but that's another story. |
By Chordata on Sunday, May 31, 1998 - 07:31 pm: |
P.S. Movie theater seats are alleged to have the average highest concentration of fecal matter of any other public location, perhaps because people are in a hurry to get back to their movies and skip the cleanliness routine. I wear long pants at movie theaters now. |
By Kelsey on Monday, June 1, 1998 - 02:16 am: |
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By Nate on Monday, June 1, 1998 - 10:00 am: |
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By Blindswine on Monday, June 1, 1998 - 12:30 pm: |
(shudder) nasty. |
By Jim aka PajamaBoy on Monday, June 1, 1998 - 03:35 pm: |
Hey Blindswine, got any room in that thar bubble? |
By HTMaLien on Tuesday, August 4, 1998 - 11:23 pm: |
<FONTCOLOR="white">I<FONTCOLOR="brown">n <FONTCOLOR="yellow">V<FONTCOLOR="green">A <FONTCOLOR="pink">it <FONTCOLOR="magenta">is <FONTCOLOR="orange">246 <FONTCOLOR="lime">462 <FONTCOLOR="royal blue">624 <FONTCOLOR="aquamarine">642 <FONTCOLOR="teal">426 <FONTCOLOR="peru">264 <FONTCOLOR="burlywood">one of those and your last four digits then hangup pickup and hang-up and run! I had a cool website and Know html good! <H3><FONTCOLOR="lime"> Click my banner to go to my page</H><CENTER><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Rampart/1378/i76.html"> <IMG SRC="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Rampart/1378/DRESBANNER.gif"> </A></CENTER>P.S. this payphone proj. is pretty cool! |
By Starchy on Wednesday, August 5, 1998 - 12:20 pm: |
Thanks, Mark! |
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Corbin, ky 10-19-99 |
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disturbing post either way |
CLICK CLICK CLICK HELLO...HELLO... CLICK THERE WAS NOBODY THERE..HELLO HELLO... OH FUCK THEY HUNG UP. |
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So the Korean guy calling you is probably just dialing a wrong number or the previous tenants of your apartment were koreans. The difference of time between Toronto and Korea is probably so that the guy calls you in the middle of the night ;)) |
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with the number 416 306-0046 Really sucks everynight around 4 am. Anyone have any ideas |
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there when i picked up. hmmm. |
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Very annoying. Any ideas where these things originate from ? |