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Call the Apple Store and Get Bill and Melinda Gates
oosid writes "The area code in Seattle is (206). Right across Lake Washington in Bellevue the area code is (425). If you're trying to reach the new Apple Store in Bellevue from Seattle, don't forget to dial the area code or you'll find yourself talking to the reception desk at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The 7 digit number, coincidentally, is the same for both places. If you make the mistake I'm sure that the Foundation will be able to suggest some solutions to all of your Apple problems."
When you dance with the devil, you takes yer chances.
They're a charitable organisation for crying out loud.
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I remember hearing recently that about 470k votes didn't get counted for American Idol because if you dialed a number wrong your phone would ring up some poor little church. Watch those phone numbers people.
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Wow! If I try to call Steve Jobs, I get Bill Gates instead! ROTFLMAO! Kikikiki! LOL LOL LOL LOL! Hee Hee!
God, it IS so damned funny!
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"Hi, I'd like to speak to Steve"
"We don't have anyone working here"
*laughs* "Sure you do, it's _the_ Steve that I need to talk to."
"Nope. Sorry. Can I be of any assistance?"
"Yeah, tell him that the apple machine I got didn't work"
"Uh, this is the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation."
"That's nice but I really need to speak to Bill. I guess next time I call you'll answer Pizza Hut right?"
"No sir. This is a charitable organization."
"Stop screwing around - I need to tell Steve that my computer messed up."
--click--
Apple is so rude...
There's a gorilla from Manilla whose a fella that stinks of vanilla and has salmonella.
... something that Bill Gates did first!
So is it possible to get slash-phoned? I imagine that's what's happening to the foundation right about now...
This just in. If you intended to get to Stuff that Matters but you accidentally typed slashdot.org into your browser, you'll end up at a site with nothing better to post but inane stories about how to dial an area code.
Trust me. This is an inactive account. Regardless of what the
Coincidences like this are just a copy and paste error in the matrix.
I used to have a better sig than this, but I got tired of it
...you can call either number and reach a result of the generosity of Bill Gates.
That is, if you believe that Apple couldn't have made it without the IE/Office deal of several years back.
When Apple's support # used to be 1-800-SOS-APPL, People would frequentlu mis-dial using a zero instead of the letter O in the SOS part.. This would lead to being connected to "The nations hotest gay male phone sex" I know because my mom made this mistake once when her Performa wouldnt boot once.
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Well, the "call Steve, get Bill instead" thing is okay I guess but here's a better one:
1-800-SOS-APPL (apple assistance center)
1-800-S0S-APPL (a different kind of assistance center)
note that the second Save Our Ship contains a Zero, not an Oh.
I beg to differ.
Once I hit the $200,000,000 mark, I was able to replace my legions of minimum-wage henchmen with properly-trained death merchants who could actually shoot and hit targets, and who don't stand in a big circle around the hero attacking him one at a time. I can't tell you how much that has improved my quality (and duration) of life.
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