Phone numbers.
Is it wrong to hate people who give phone numbers in a format other than the 01234 555555 way? I was just told a contact number as 012 345 55 555 and could feel my blood boiling. I know it is not as interesting as bumming, nor as easy to hate as Bono but what the fucking fuck.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 12:53, 57 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Another example of the tolerant society the internet encourages

(PsychoChomp, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 12:58, Reply)

Fuck tolerance, you fucker!

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:02, Reply)

What have you got against Bedford?

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 12:58, Reply)

bedford, eh?
I have a theory that most area codes are worked out alphabetically. I could look it up, but where's the fun in that?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:01, Reply)

They are generally.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:03, Reply)

well that cleared up that one

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:13, Reply)

no, these people are stupid and should not be tolerated.
Increase the hate!

rafter
baz
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:02, Reply)

Pitchforks everybody!
Let's lynch the fuckers
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:04, Reply)

Yessss!

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:05, Reply)

Call me
On 01 234 567 8910 and I'll tell you my opinion on the matter.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:11, Reply)

that is too many numbers
you fail
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:14, Reply)

No, it is right quantity

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:19, Reply)

you're right
I can't count.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:21, Reply)

No, you were right originally, weren't you?
Isn't it supposed to be 11 digits?
(TheColonel, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:28, Reply)

Yes.
I've occasionally come across ones with ten over the past few years.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:34, Reply)

London ones are 11
and other metropolitans I suppose.

But us rural folk can only handle 10. The Bedford numbers have 10

Sorry for pedantism.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:40, Reply)

Have you counted the digits in your rural phone number?
www.thomsonlocal.com/Plumbers/in/Bedford/664/597900/
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:44, Reply)

That's me clobbered
I live in Luton, and we have 10 digits (mostly?)
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:48, Reply)

Pffft!
No you don't, dingbat!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:53, Reply)

That explains why I can never phone anyone up
I still live in the 20th Century
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:58, Reply)

Number not recognised.
But I see you are in Bedford.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:15, Reply)

I get this every day!!
It drives me mad!! I work on reception and 9 times out of 10 people give me the number 2 digits at a time, it drives me mad!! It's like they don't think I can write down 5 digits in one go. FFS.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:14, Reply)

I take around 300 phone calls a day.
If I let shit like this bother me, I'd be a wreck.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:17, Reply)

It doesn't stop me sleeping at night
but I get annoyed for a nano second and then forget about it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:22, Reply)

The best kind of annoyed.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:23, Reply)

I must admit...
...my anger has abated since I had the fig-rolls.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:24, Reply)

Because being regular
is good for the soul
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:40, Reply)

.Jesus Christ people
There's much more important things to get mad about in this world.

Take a chill pill.
( girlinthehole, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:16, Reply)

Give me one.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:17, Reply)

I'll give you one you cheeky boy.

( girlinthehole, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:18, Reply)

Waaahahahaaaa!

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:21, Reply)

That's incredibly forward.
Especially for 88th.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:18, Reply)

I saw that sneaky edit!

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:24, Reply)

Nothing sneaky.
Took me fucking ages. Ironically the phone rang three times.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:26, Reply)

Mobile numbers are the worst
People don't realise that they have a 5 digit code and 6 digit number (not that it makes much difference, as they're non-geographic, but I'm a pedant, so there).

So often I'll be quoted a number as, for example, 0774 123 4567, instead of 07741 234567.

That's right up there with misplaced apostrophe's in my book.

Post may contain traces of deliberate irony
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:24, Reply)

0818118181!

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:27, Reply)

For a minute there
I thought you meant 01 811 8055
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:28, Reply)

I
wholeheartedly agree
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:46, Reply)

yeah I totally hate it when people give me their phone number too
gosh don't they know I just want to be left alone in my basement playing world of warcraft in my lucky yellow pants WITHOUT ANY DISRUPTIONS! THAT MEANS YOU, MUM!
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:26, Reply)

Kristine.
Will you be quiet in there!
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:33, Reply)

Lots of companies in Newcastle use the format
0191 *** ****

but that's Geordies for you.
Poor man's smoggies.
(TheColonel, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:31, Reply)

For some reason Coventry likes to use
024 76** ****

Think they are trying to be like Laaaaahhhhhhndaaaaaahn
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:38, Reply)

They're right to do so.
The area code for Coventry is 024. And Newcastle's is 0191.
( le brian, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 15:09, Reply)

Unless the number is 0891 50 50 50

I'm not intersted
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:35, Reply)

Yes! These are all bloody annoying.
The one that really bothers me though is badly written London numbers.

The correct area code for London is 020, therefore 020 7703 4461 is corect but 0207 703 4461 is fucking wrong!
While it is true that at one point inner and outer London were seperate areas number wise they were recombined in the last big number change.
(bill, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:36, Reply)

Thanks BT Bill

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:38, Reply)

You are so dead wrong man
When the numbers were 01 xxx xxxx that was fine. It then became 081 xxx xxxx, then I moved and... Oh fuck it, the last groups never changed, so it is natural to keep these the same and add 0208 to the beginning
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:46, Reply)

No I'm not!
When it was 01 703 4461 if you were in London you could just dial the last 7 digits.
When it became 071 703 4461 if you were in the 071 area you could dial the last 7 if you were in 081 you had to dial everything.
0171 was exactly the same but with the extra 1.
Now that it is 020 7703 4461 regardless of where in London you are you have to dial the initial 7 (or 8 or 3), were you correct about it being 0207 I should be able to dial 703 4461 and get through however I can't, ergo the initial 7,8 or 3 is part of the subscriber number and not the area code.
(bill, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:58, Reply)

But I'm outside London now
and I don't know how to use a phone
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 14:00, Reply)

I have a mobile so press one number to dial

it's the future I tells ya!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 14:09, Reply)

I have to admit to doing this
at least with mobile numbers, though that's mainly because mine splits easily into memorable pieces in a ***-***-**-*** way
Household numbers should be (area code)-(number) though. With the number being ***-*** or **-**-** depending on which sounds better
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:41, Reply)

Now I have that old advert in my head
0800 28 28 20
But you have to read it as if you are an owl
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:46, Reply)

I'm officially declaring this the worst thread ever

even worse than my eye-spy thread from a coupole of weeks ago, described in the daily mail as "a spot of fun"
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:50, Reply)

Have you seen the thread above?
Would you like to reassess your decision
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:51, Reply)

That is quite an endorsement.
We should start an awards ceremony.

Worst post. Angriest b3tan. Etc...
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 13:54, Reply)

Ok catagories
Most mundane post
Angriest B3tan
Most scathing sarcasm award
Stupidist comment
The Edmund lifetime achievement award for internet cock stalking
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 14:08, Reply)

Worstest speling and grammer.
Smuggest/smuttiest/creepiest/
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 14:38, Reply)