I guess this kind of counts as a "found" letter. I got a wayward text message on my mobile phone today. I'm not necessarily discounting the idea that it could be a hoax by someone I know whose number I don't recognize, but if it's not that, it was accidentally sent to my number by someone trying to reach someone else in all sincerity. It doesn't quite seem like it could be real, but many of the best things in life don't. Anyway, here it is:
Hi dru its doLL. Dam havent talked to yo ass in like HeLLa days.. WeLL yea hoLLa bac at dis girl one time. Dis be my new ceLL number. Aight then.. Bye cutie!Posted by Dr. Frank at August 10, 2004 02:28 AM | TrackBack
My ex-girlfriend once got a wayward text message that said "See you after class. - Dr. Sphincter". Someone should compile these!
Posted by: justin banal at August 10, 2004 03:07 AMSadly, SADLY, that seems pretty real and authetic to me.
Posted by: Dave at August 10, 2004 05:25 AMSo you DID get the message? And you didn't even call me back? Just because you're all "Mr. Guy Singin' Songs" and all that, you think you can just ignore my heartfelt pleas to talk to you...
..er...
...yo ass?
Posted by: jeff at August 10, 2004 12:38 PMAnd authentic!
Posted by: Dave at August 10, 2004 01:41 PMoh you should always talk back when people accidentally text message you. it's fun!
Posted by: jodi at August 10, 2004 05:41 PMDamn Frank, you still live in Berkely right? From these messeges/letters you're finding, it sounds more like you've went accross the bay to Oakland.
Posted by: Zaphod Beeblebrox at August 10, 2004 05:51 PMOh, believe me Jodi, I did. But I didn't get a reply.
Posted by: Dr. Frank at August 10, 2004 05:53 PMNice Squeeze reference...Now I really wanna hear that song.
Posted by: Amy 80 at August 10, 2004 08:45 PMi say we drop zaphod off in downtown oakland and make him find his way home. just follow the starbucks!
Posted by: cap'n crunch at August 11, 2004 03:03 AMAbout the only thing I'd be interested in finding in Oakland would be Network Associates Colliseum ;)
Posted by: Zaphod Beeblebrox at August 11, 2004 05:29 PMThis is great. I get text messages like this all the time too. The girl who used to have my cell # was evidently nicknamed "Boobies" by legions of friends, and even now, she routinely still gives out her old phone # (in other words MY phone #) to shady dudes who are trying to pick her up. Makes for a lot of entertaining phone messages.
Hopefully you'll get more, because I'm in agreement with Jodi here, text message conversations with strangers rule!
Posted by: sam at August 11, 2004 09:30 PMyeah, unless you don't have unlimited messaging and then start having to pay for them....yikes!!
Posted by: Zaphod Beelblebrox at August 11, 2004 10:44 PMHey homes, Don't be dissin' Oak Town. That's my hood!!! Man, the Raiders are going to SUCK this year.
Posted by: FAT Mike at August 12, 2004 01:43 AMSeems like there's a lot of Boyd Rice-style fun to be had in answering these things and saving / publishing the evidence.
A weblog collecting such things -- and god knows how you would verify they're real -- would be my first & last read on the computer every day, forever.
Who Will Do It? Who will take the Dr. Frank Challenge??????
Posted by: Ken Layne at August 12, 2004 08:01 AMWhat are the chances of accidentaly text messaging someone using a Verizon LG VX6000 if the number is not in your phone or the person has not text you in 2 months? I ask because my ex "accidentally" text me with "I love you!" When I asked her about it she said it was a mistake! I sat with my phone for an hour trying to figure out how she could have done it (sober) and I can't figure it out!
She said she didnt have my number in her phone and we havent text each other in 2 months so I know I'm not the last person who text her. This happened Sunday after I saw her (drunk) Friday when she was all over me and trying to grab my hand! What do you guys think?