'twas the early days of the mobile bricks....
Way back in the mists of time when mobile phones were on the large size, a screen that could only show a couple of lines of text & numbers, a battery life of a whole 8 hours and when Mercury one2one's (now t-mobile) coverage was the population found living within the M25.... I was able to play an amusing joke on my best mate.

Small party gathered round his house and much drinking and talking going on. My mate is a bit busy doing stuff in the kitchen when I hatch the wonderfully superb idea of using my mobile to call his house phone. Now, I hadn't told my mate about my newly purchase M300 mobile just yet so I knew this little prank would work nicely.

I nonchanlantly make my way to the living room door by the kitchen and dial his number... ring-ring it goes and so he heads down the hall to where the phone is situated by the front door. Just as he goes to pick it up, I cancel the call.

He shrugs his shoulders and heads back into the kitchen at which point I hit redial. Cue him walking back towards the phone and me cancelling the call again. Now he's a tad puzzled and annoyed by this but returns to the kitchen while I'm trying to keep a straight face.

Phone call three and a repeat performance and now he's thinking "What the hell?" as again the phone goes quiet just as he reaches for the reciever. As he has a bit of a short fuse this is starting to vex him and the other people in the house take notice, I sneakily hold up my mobile to show them what is going on, they instantly click to what I'm doing.

Phone call 4 and now my mate is swearing as he makes a dash for the phone. Again it stops and now his anger is starting to show through as he picks up the reciever and shouts hello down it. Slams receiver down and swears as he heads back to kitchen, myself and the rest of the party are trying to hide our laughter.

Phone call 5 and he's about to explode but this time I don't cancel the call.

Mate: HELLO???? (very loudly with anger)

Me: 'ello mate

Mate: Who's this?

Me: 'tis me.

Mate: Who?

Me: Me you fool.

Mate: Who?

Me: Me, look to your left you daft fucker.

The look on his face is priceless and much laughter from everyone else. He's played several pranks on me over the years so it was nice to get one back on him.

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Ok, its not exactly a disaster but it's the best I have.
(ParaSitius is an Optimistic Pessimist, Mon 3 Aug 2009, 16:03, Reply)