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Beep! Beep! You have Broken the Law.

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-what-are-they-doing-with-the-organs dept.

medscaper writes "Authorities in China are using computers to spam mobile phones of law-breakers until they turn themselves in. Apparently, lots of illegal advertisements as stickers with mobile-phone numbers listed are placed around large cities and are becoming an eyesore. So, the authorities call the cell phones incessantly with recorded messages that demand the "businessmen" to turn themselves in."

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  1. With my luck.. by Bush_man10 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would be sitting behind one of those people in a movie theater. If they are stupid enough to get into that situation you know they are one of those people who leave their cell phones on during movies. :) Excellent idea though..

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  2. Beep Beep. Your Credit Card has been charged... by presroi · · Score: 5, Funny

    with the current fee of US $200 Thank you for committing this crime. Your local Police Department.

  3. Unfortunately... by Theaetetus · · Score: 5, Funny
    They're using that 'text-message speak' that's become so popular here:
    "UShdTrnURslfIn,Lwbrkr"

    and no one can figure out what it means. ;)

    -T

    1. Re:Unfortunately... by Suidae · · Score: 5, Funny

      Asian languages don't use a lot of the "superfluous" words you find in English like definite articles, pronouns, etc. Also, a lot more of the content is picked up by context and left "unwritten".

      Contextual English possible. But make speaker sound Asian.

  4. Or as Ellen Feiss would say... by psoriac · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was having a conversion, on the cell phone. And it was like, beep beep beep beep! And then, like, I had broken the law. And I was like... hunh?

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  5. Turn yourself in by sssmashy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Upon answering the call, the wrongdoer hears the pre-recorded message--

    "You have broken the law by posting illegal ads. You must immediately stop this activity and go to the Hangzhou Urban Administrative Bureau for punishment. DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200."

  6. from the headline... by r00t_ur_b0x · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought Ellen Feiss had become a cop.

  7. Profit by agentkhaki · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait, wait, wait... Couldn't you just get a 900 number associated to your phone, and post that all over town? Every time the cops call you, if they wanted to talk to you, they'd have to agree to the charge (or can they just bill you without asking - even better) ... Pure profit, at the expense of the government.

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  8. This is the Perp. by The+Jonas · · Score: 4, Funny

    No! "Now Go Away Or I Shall Taunt You A Second Time".

  9. Wait for them to go to the theatre by chrisseaton · · Score: 4, Funny

    They won't have to turn themselves in

  10. Re:Easy to cause trouble with by isorox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Police Caller: I want some XXX.

    Dont we all

  11. Re:This is the police by wolf- · · Score: 4, Funny

    In future generations, this approach will be termed as "UN Action".

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