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Suddenly I decided to play a small prank. I talked to her as if I'd just realized something, "Oh, golly. I see. My roommate is Joseph. I've never called him Joe. Sure, you've got the right phone number!"0 E0 [3 t3 h+ B! Z
3 u! N# U6 c5 |7 v* ^( M$ }- g; f"Is he around?" asked the girl. "Unfortunately, he is not. You know what? He flew to California for his holiday. He made the decision in a sudden three days ago. I am wondering why he had to go there. Do you have any idea?"; r2 |) C* p7 {8 w' C9 T' `- U
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"That can't be true!" the girl cried out desperately. "He cannot do that! We are dating on the beach of Lake Michigan this evening! Actually I am driving to Chicago right now!"/ J4 W/ C, q, N7 Q5 C$ x$ _
% O6 y$ F3 K. N5 R, I"Chicago? Chicago, Illinois?!" I was in surprise, "Hey, gal, what was the phone number you just dialed?" / _1 g6 `/ |: a: ^ d
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"Joe's number, 708-780-4528!"
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' V& b+ U8 C* XApparently, she had called the wrong number. She dialed the area code 780 by mistake. I began to regret for the trick that might hurt the girl on the other end. How could I explain everything to her?
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8 X2 a% R: ?) V7 }4 d! w0 C( b3 d[ Last edited by Wonton on 2004-12-3 at 08:05 PM ] |
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