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Old cell numbers.

CattleArmy

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UCLA student has old Hilton cell number July 6, 2007, 9:11 am PDT

LOS ANGELES -

For months, Shira Barlow's cell phone was flooded with wrong-number calls and text messages, mostly between 2 and 4 a.m. on weekends. Told they had reached a college student, callers refused to believe it.

"Baby girl, how are you?" one man purred in a foreign accent. "Why are you doing this?" a woman asked. "This is so rude." And there were several seemingly random references to "Paris."

As in Paris Hilton.

Barlow's story began on Valentine's Day during a night out with friends. She was carrying her phone in a back pocket when it fell into a toilet. When she replaced it, her wireless company insisted on assigning the San Francisco native a new number with a 310 area code rather than 415.

Barlow had been given a recycled phone number that used to be Hilton's. The practice stems from efforts to conserve phone numbers to minimize area-code splitting.

Just after Barlow got her new phone close to Hilton's Feb. 17 birthday, a flurry of calls and texts arrived. "Oh my God," one caller said. "Where's the party?"

Then came the day Hilton was sentenced to jail after violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. Messages about parties were replaced by dozens expressing condolences.

"People were scared for her," Barlow said.

The phone traffic trailed off when Hilton entered jail last month. But when Hilton was released, a new crop of messages flooded in.

"It's disgusting how they treated you in there, but once again you have showed the world that you can do anything," one wrote.

Barlow said she has resisted the temptation to pose as Hilton to get into exclusive parties. But she did message supporters "thanks so much," believing Hilton would appreciate it.

Barlow plans to keep the number because she says it has been a greater source of amusement than a hassle.

"It was really out of convenience," she added. "I didn't want to switch again."
 

CattleArmy

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When signing up for the forum I didn't read anything in the bylaws that said that Jinglebob was the moderator of this forum. :roll: Or that Paris stories weren't appropriate. After all I didn't post it in ranch talk.
 

Jinglebob

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CattleArmy said:
When signing up for the forum I didn't read anything in the bylaws that said that Jinglebob was the moderator of this forum. :roll: Or that Paris stories weren't appropriate. After all I didn't post it in ranch talk.

My oh my, you must have your panties in a wad! :roll:

You will notice I asked, not told and your right, I am not the moderator.

I'm just sick of reading about that skank.

You know, I almost didn't comment on this the first time. Now I'm glad I did. :wink: :p
 

CattleArmy

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jigs said:
CattleArmy said:
My panites are just fine, no wads, no bunches.................

see, if you were a TRUE Paris fan, you would not even wear panties!

LOL good one jigs

I'm not a fan just found the article kinda amusing. Myself I can't imagine answering my cell phone and realizing the number was once belonged to someone famous.
 

jigs

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not quite a famous number swap, BUT..... the John Deere dealer in Marion Kansas had a 800 number that if you switch two digits, it was the number to renew your Playboy subscription!! the secretary had some interesting calls every now and then!
 

CattleArmy

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jigs said:
not quite a famous number swap, BUT..... the John Deere dealer in Marion Kansas had a 800 number that if you switch two digits, it was the number to renew your Playboy subscription!! the secretary had some interesting calls every now and then!

LOL I bet. :D

Jigs your story reminded me of my Aunt who is 67 calling the local bank for the telabanking. She heard for "HOT HOT Chat" dial 5. Thinking she called the wrong 1-800 number she called back and heard the same message. By this time she involves another Aunt and myself and tells us to call the bank. We both also hear the for "hot hot chat" bit being a Friday it wasn't until Monday that my Aunt could call the bank and tell them of the situation and by the time she got thru so had several other people... :D evidentally they were blaming the telephone company for some major flub up. :shock:
 

nonothing

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jigs said:
not quite a famous number swap, BUT..... the John Deere dealer in Marion Kansas had a 800 number that if you switch two digits, it was the number to renew your Playboy subscription!! the secretary had some interesting calls every now and then!


Did she recognize your voice jigs?.. :D :wink:
 
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