not to think I'm loosing my mind?

[MeMySonAndI]

Have had a week without good sleep, and awful one at work, and I'm sooooop tired I could fall asleep on the keyboard... anyways, have just picked up the phone ot find a message of some Peter saying there's a sheep in the lane that runs to the side of my house (!), actually, not a exactly a sheep, "peter" says after looking through the window, but a dead lamb? and asking if it belongs to me (!!!)

Having walked around the lane wondering who on Earth Peter is, where the lamb is, and wondering why there would be a dead lamb in an old roman road in the middle of a medieval city, and even worse, why on Earth am I looking for it?

No sight of the sheep yet... am I unreasonable to think I am not loosing my mind?

Could be wrong number?

Have just heard the message again and it says the lamb is down the lane in the fields... what fields??? The school fields?

I'll better go to sleep!

Are you a spy?

Is it possible Peter thinks you are someone else? The local vet/farmer for instance?

I'm thinking that Peter probably dialled wrong. Yes, you are clearly insane to be looking for a dead lamb in a city.

Probably a wrong number - I have had some fascinating messages of a horticultural nature recently. They were clearly meant for a garden maintenance company, not me.

I want obscure messages!

i would settle for any messages, obscure or not....

I have a woman that rings me up at least 10 times a week.

She rings, asks "Alice, is that you?" I say "No, you have the wrong number"

She TUTS like it's MY fault she can't dial right and puts the phone down.

She rings straight back and says "Alice?"

I kid you not.

I used to be polite and explain she still had the wrong number. But 2 months down the line and she's STILL doing it, I have had enough and now after she's phoned once, I wait for the second call (and sometimes the third!), raise the receiver and immediatly replace it.

Once I picked it up and yelled "OH FOR GOD'S SAKE, HOW STUPID ARE YOU?" which I feel guilty about.

Just say yes.
Pretend to be Alice for a while, who knows you might like it.

hecate , you thikn you have it bad, i regularly get calls for the local massage parlour

hmmmm..iiiiinteresting. I might just do that.

If she says whats wrong with your voice just say you have a cold.
You could even start a topic all of your own.
'What story should Alice tell this week?'
Make it a little competition and record it.

But is it cruel to torment old ladies for the entertainment of mnetters? Even annoying ones?

(That's annoying old ladies, not annoying mnetters)

I keep getting messages on my answering machine from a woman who is trying to buy drugs from 'the girl that lives over the road' and asking me to go and see if she has some stuff!

entertainment is entertainment doesnt matter how you get it! Yeah go on pretend to be alice. Or better still play that song by that random aussie who sings alice alice who the hell is alice. No no better idea. 1471 number and phone back and ask to speak to the white rabbit! Bored. Are your neighbours rates reasonable! Perhaps just answer 'customs and exsise. Drug squad. How may i help you.'

memysonandi who does this guy think you are? Little bo peep!

Funny thread

I once got home from work to find a message on my answerphone from a very flustered woman asking whoever she thought she was calling to pick up her child from school as she had to take the younger one to the doctor. It was about 9pm when I picked up the message, I really hoped that someone picked the poor boy up and he wasn't waiting for hours.

You have to quote Alice in Wonderland at her, you just have to.

I reckon if you try this exchange she would answer Alices parts for you.

Cheshire Cat: Oh, by the way, if you'd really like to know, he went that way.
Alice: Who did?
Cheshire Cat: The White Rabbit.
Alice: He did?
Cheshire Cat: He did what?
Alice: Went that way.
Cheshire Cat: Who did?
Alice: The White Rabbit.
Cheshire Cat: What rabbit?
Alice: But didn't you just say - I mean - Oh, dear.
Cheshire Cat: Can you stand on your head?
Alice: Oh!

Best one I had was from an elderly lady asking if we wanted any of her 'special you know what' - I was quite tempted to ring back and say we did

We used to have a very similar number to our local prison and used to get loads of messages about drop off and pick up times - we could have organised a break out!

DD is 13 and twice has recieved a text from some lady asking her to "pick up the twins from Brownies."
I rang the OTHER Mother up in the end and told her not to be so lazy?!?

i take pizza orders on regular occaisions

I received a text last month that said,

'I love you, are you naked?'

I got quite excited and text back a question mark. Sadly, I didn't have a reply. That was the highlight of an obviously very dull year.