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| Neb. Residents Plagued by Gibberish Calls |
| 2005-08-31 |
| Residents just don't understand the gibberish. Paul Perkins eyed the strange number on his phone when he received a call early Saturday morning. He let voicemail take it. The caller filled the message with three minutes of gibberish. "I get this long, jumbled up message, and I couldn't understand a word of it," Perkins said. Kearney residents and businesses have been receiving these random phone calls by a caller that is having a hard time speaking English, and a hard time understanding that he has the wrong number. The caller called Perkins twice over the weekend and his employer, Crossroads Ford, received four calls. The gibberish is nothing new to the Kearney Police Department as the caller seems to like the 308 area code, said police chief Dan Lynch. The calls do not seem to have criminal intent and cannot be part of a scam, because no one can understand the caller, Lynch said. Lynch hopes the caller will find a new area code and prefix to dial soon. Otherwise, residents are advised to simply block the number from their phones, ignore the calls and report excessive calls to police. And when reporting the problem, please speak clearly. Hello? Mucky? Is that you? |
| Posted by:Chris W. |
| #11 This message brought to you by Howard Dean and the DNC - Yeeeeaaarrrggghhh!!! |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-08-31 21:10 |
| #10 PR: couldn't be Jesse - it didn't rhyme. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-08-31 18:23 |
| #9 Jesse Jackson shaking down the Mid-West? |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-08-31 15:29 |
| #8 probably an aircheck tape from Air America |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-31 14:52 |
| #7 I personally answered some calls at the Mojave Phone Booth a couple of times, and there were certain callers that didn't speak English whose language sounded somewhat gibberish. Probably Eastern Europeans, if anything.... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-31 13:41 |
| #6 Hey, Sholuth Elmetch3820, how do you pronounce that? |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-08-31 13:22 |
| #5 Don't be mocking the Gibbers, now. They're a fine people with a long and rich history...all written on cocktail napkins at 2:30 am. |
| Posted by: Sholuth Elmetch3820 2005-08-31 12:50 |
| #4 "I get this long, jumbled up message, and I couldn't understand a word of it" Sounds like Howard Dean |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-08-31 12:29 |
| #3 I'm thinking Ozzie or Keith Richards. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-08-31 12:28 |
| #2 Cindy Sheehan? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-08-31 12:20 |
| #1 The caller filled the message with three minutes of gibberish. Does it sound like 'Louie Louie' by the Kingsmen? |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-08-31 09:27 |