Ok so I have a VoIP phone. I moved to a new provider from Vonage about 8 months ago. In the process of porting my number over I ended up with two phone numbers. The one I ported is my real number, but the VoIP account came with an original number that I never used.
We started getting really strange calls on that unused number almost immediately. At first, I was forwarding it on to random restaurants (By random I mean local Pappa John’s) mostly because I was annoyed at the constant calls in the middle of the night.
I stopped that and just forwarded everything to voicemail. Since I needed to troubleshoot a login problem today on the phone, I checked the box. 46 messages! Most of them last about 5 seconds, but a couple of them were longer. I don’t know why I find them amusing, but I figured someone else might as well.
Did she just say Possum Kingdom?
Where do I send that contract?
As a note - these are not the absolute originals - I removed all the last names and phone numbers used in the message. I’d hate for these people to get a bunch of random Internet phone calls - since I know exactly how annoying that is :)
June 18th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Says Wikipedia:
Possum Kingdom State Park is a state park in Palo Pinto County, Texas, that was built in the 1940s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It covers approximately 1530 acres (6.2 km²), and lies in the Palo Pinto Mountains and Brazos River Valley of Texas. The park borders the large Possum Kingdom Lake, a 20,000 acre (81 km²) lake known for its clear blue waters. Possum Kingdom winds for 65 miles (100 km) down the Brazos River, and has more than 300 miles (500 km) of shoreline. A privately-owned store and marina in the park cater to boaters and campers.
The Boy Scouts of America have a summer camp “Constantin” on the shores of Possum Kingdom Lake as does the YMCA at camp “Grady Spruce”.
Camp Grady Spruce is directly across from the most well known geological feature of the lake called “Hell’s Gate”, a channel which cuts between an island and a row of cliffs.
The title of the song “Possum Kingdom” by Toadies is derived from Possum Kingdom State Park.
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:44 pm
So the bigger question is, what provider did you drop Vonage for?