Wednesday, May 23, 2012

First Documented Prank Phone Call?

This article appeared in the Feb. 2, 1884 edition of The Electrical World:


"A GRAVE JOKE ON UNDERTAKERS -- Some malicious wag at Providence R.I. has been playing a grave practical joke on the undertakers there, by summoning them over the telephone to bring freezers, candlesticks and coffin for persons alleged to be dead. In each case the denoument was highly farcical, and the reputed corpses are now hunting in a lively manner for that telephonist."

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