the world is your acorn

Via Boing Boing, a woman in Romania stole a cell phone the other day, and hid it where the sun don’t shine. Police had to call it and listen for the ring in order to find it. The article is worth a read, for sure.

Police extract stolen mobile from woman’s posterior [The Register]

I want to tell you about this service that I read about on Oh Gizmo!. Supposedly there is a phone number that you can call (it has a Denmark country code) when you’re in public somewhere but you want people to think you’re important, or have friends. On the other end of this number is an automated voice that guides you through some things to say that make it sound like you’re having a conversation. I know that we are all quite secure and don’t need such a pathetic service, but you know there are those times when you wouldn’t mind a helping hand.

I tried to check out the website, but of course it’s in Dutch or something. Let me know if you make anything of it.
“You’re kidding me!?” Phone Service