Never Had a Text Message Wrong Number Before
By Bob Plankers on Jul 5, 2008 in Featured, General Rambling
“u r makin me miserable” appears on my iPhone, from some unknown cell phone number.
“I’m sorry about that. Who is this?” I probably make a lot of people miserable, so I figured I’d be polite.
“u deleted my #?”
“Perhaps it didn’t get copied when I changed phones.” Yes, I text back in full sentences. That’s my thing.
“ur killin me”
“I’m sorry you feel that way. Are you sure I’m the right person?”
“how can u say that 2 me”
…five minutes passes…
“omg im sorry feel like an idiot i dont no u got the # wrong”
“I’m just relieved it isn’t me making you unhappy. Hope everything works out.”
Makes me wonder, though, what the English language is going to look like in 30 years. Punctuation is so overrated, after all.
6 Comment(s)
By Ben on Jul 5, 2008 | Reply
Perhaps something like this?
“im in ur data centrz patchin ur serverz”
:-)
By Bob Plankers on Jul 6, 2008 | Reply
Oh, man, forgot about that. That’s LOLcats inspired, anyhow… *cough* Hey look, over there! *flees*
By Joking on Jul 6, 2008 | Reply
No need to flee. LOLcats are why the Internet exists…
By john on Jul 6, 2008 | Reply
long time reader, first time commenter… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
By Ian on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
Hey Bob, you ever consider licensing out “im in ur data centrz patchin ur serverz”? I’m considering putting it on my resume.
By enrico on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
I’m a former sysadmin (Solaris/Linux (RHCE)) turned med student. I just found your site and loved it. The comment about punctuation and writing in complete sentences sealed the deal (oddly enough).
You’ve been $rssfeed++ :)