Post by Logan on Jan 13, 2016 15:05:02 GMT -6
Verizon gave this guy Sir Mix-A-Lot’s old phone number — and now he gets his raunchy texts
The first text came not long after Jonathan Nichols got his new phone.
“Check this guy out,” it said, with a link to a YouTube video of a guy making beats out of a synthesizer.
It was good, Nichols thought, but couldn’t have been meant for him. He was a law student at Seattle University who had just switched to a local number to prepare for the job search ahead.
“That’s pretty cool,” Nichols, 33, texted back. “But you clearly have the wrong number.”
Then he started getting phone calls from luxury-car dealerships — Ferrari, Lamborghini, Jaguar — all asking if a Mr. Anthony Ray would like to come out to the dealership and take one or two of their cars for a spin.
“I’d love to,” Nichols would tell the very polite salespeople. “But I think you have the wrong guy. I’m a broke law student.”
Continue reading at www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/i-have-sir-mix-a-lots-old-phone-number/ .
The first text came not long after Jonathan Nichols got his new phone.
“Check this guy out,” it said, with a link to a YouTube video of a guy making beats out of a synthesizer.
It was good, Nichols thought, but couldn’t have been meant for him. He was a law student at Seattle University who had just switched to a local number to prepare for the job search ahead.
“That’s pretty cool,” Nichols, 33, texted back. “But you clearly have the wrong number.”
Then he started getting phone calls from luxury-car dealerships — Ferrari, Lamborghini, Jaguar — all asking if a Mr. Anthony Ray would like to come out to the dealership and take one or two of their cars for a spin.
“I’d love to,” Nichols would tell the very polite salespeople. “But I think you have the wrong guy. I’m a broke law student.”
Continue reading at www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/i-have-sir-mix-a-lots-old-phone-number/ .