More of the same
Growing up the last digit of our home phone number was one lower than that of the AA's emergency line (Automobile Association, not Alcoholics Anonymous .. .. .. why did you think that?). Being the old style of rotary dial phones this meant that many many people called us at all hours from the side of motorways because their car had broken down.. .. .. .. it took over a year of 'investigation' by BT before they'd change our number.

Being just a young ff at the time I didn't have the balls to take their details, although the thought did cross my mind the night that the phone didn't stop ringing from midnight to 4am.
(manwiddicombe is thinking of something witty to add here, Mon 8 Sep 2008, 17:56, Reply)