Report: Majority Of Pay Phone Conversations Begin, End In Tears »

Posted By ind06 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Humor

WASHINGTON—A new study by the Federal Communications Commission has determined that as many as 81 percent of all calls made over pay phones start and conclude with uncontrollable sobbing. The report, published Monday, surveyed a wide sample of public telephone conversations, nearly all of which began with the phrase "Please don't hang up, oh God," and devolved into unrestrained bawling.

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    ind066 months, 2 weeks ago

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    The other 29% of calls began with the phrase "But mom, I really NEED that money!"

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    deathray6 months, 2 weeks ago

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    maybe they should stop making pay phone receivers out of razor wire.

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    Newperson6 months, 2 weeks ago

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    I would have thought it was press 1 for english

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      CRYMTYPHON6 months, 2 weeks ago

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      I like to go down to the shipyard at midnight and use the payphone under the street-light that flickers whenever the fog rolls in.

      I call up the District Attorney and tell him I know who the murderer is, but he must meet me on the bridge and bring the money.

      Then I hang up and go home.

      It helps me sleep somehow.

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      cowboygrandpa6 months, 2 weeks ago

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      Yep those pay phone calls can be be real tear jerkers.

      Especially when one is in lock up and you hear, the guy behind ya saying I want that money now as*hole !!!!!!!! LOL

      My stepson keeps calling, and I keep saying there is no one here with that name. Joe ??? Joe ??? Joe's not here. LOL

      Baretta "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time."

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