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This is Birmingham calling

kronoc — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:22:57 +0000

Herself has recently been getting a lot of telephone messages for some midlands socialite named Mark. Neither of us know who he is, but the voicemail keeps coming. Spookily the phone doesn’t ring for him, ever, but still the messages appear. Thanks to the magic of the internet, using the audio player below, now you too can marvel at these random voice messages.

[Background sample courtesy of Real Rhodes Sounds, from The Freesound Project]

How many Daleks does it take to change a lightbulb?

kronoc — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 14:58:19 +0000

In the UK, when you text a fixed line phone, such as one in a home, from a mobile the text message is turned into a voice message read by a robot.

Until today (January the 7th 2007), in aid of the housing charity Shelter, Tom Baker has been providing the voice for this robot, and thus the voice of all mobile to landline SMS messages within the UK.

This has led to people all over the place texting landlines so that their friends answer the phone to hear the familiar voice of Baker, who is currently the narrator of the hugely popular Little Britain, and formerly played the role of Doctor Who, say something like “Hello, this is the Doctor, it is imperative that you put the kettle on immediately!”

This website uses this feature to hilarious ends, the best bits being the jokes section and bakaraoke – where you can hear the man himself “sing”.

In fact, BT have collaborated with the site to produce a charity single [free preview available] of “You Really Got Me” by the Kinks. It may make tea or coffee come out your nose (if you are drinking such a drink when you listen to it).

PPL SHD LRN 2 SPLL

kronoc — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:42:05 +0000

This can be “FND” on the wall of a local church in Leytonstone. At the bottom of the poster there is the cryptic suggestion that it is possible to chat with God, via text messaging and at no connection charge. Well, who knew.

For a dedicated england fan

kronoc — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 16:28:19 +0000

For sale in walthamstow! I wouldn’t be seen dead in it.

The campaign to finally bring democracy to the UK

kronoc — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:53:19 +0000

The Campaign to Make Votes Count in the uk trundles on, and while some in the labour government still insist there is no need to change a system where around 30% of the vote means over 50% representation in parliament some within the party are starting to realise that the system that punished them in the 1980s may yet punish them again.