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Re: When "Butt Dialing" Goes Wrong
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2013, 12:05:58 PM »
Too funny. Is "butt dialing" a common problem? I wouldn't sit on my cell phone, so I don't know.

The story reminds me of a story of mine (I can hear the groans).

My friend and I had just bought an ounce of grass from another friend. We were sitting in my car northbound on a semi-major street. We rolled a joint and started taking hits. I looked to my left, and there was a squad car stopped in the southbound lane, and the cops were just staring at us. I took off like a maniac. The cops did a u-turn, but by that point I'd gotten off the main street and into a residential area. I found a garage that was open and pulled in there. We watched the squad slowly cruise the area for about half an hour.

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Re: When "Butt Dialing" Goes Wrong
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2013, 12:14:50 PM »
Butt/pocket dialing used to be real common, especially when phones had physical, exposed (ie not a slide or flip phone) keypads.
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Re: When "Butt Dialing" Goes Wrong
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2013, 12:24:14 PM »
Don't butt dials usually go wrong?
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Re: When "Butt Dialing" Goes Wrong
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2013, 12:32:02 PM »
I actually just got butt dialed a couple weeks ago. Very funny.
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Re: When "Butt Dialing" Goes Wrong
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2013, 04:09:32 PM »
I used to have a flip phone with a bunch of buttons around the sides.  It was nearly impossible to pick up the phone without activating the camera, phone, or other features.  I don't have it anymore thankfully.  I am up to date with the latest and greatest with my 2 year old blackberry.
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Re: When "Butt Dialing" Goes Wrong
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2013, 06:38:31 PM »
I had a Nokia 1100 years ago, I was in the garage working on the car and had a sheriffs deputy pull up. The phone was in my front pocket and dialed 80* which apparently connects to the local emergency services.
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Re: When "Butt Dialing" Goes Wrong
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2013, 07:33:13 PM »
Too funny. Is "butt dialing" a common problem? I wouldn't sit on my cell phone, so I don't know.

The story reminds me of a story of mine (I can hear the groans).

My friend and I had just bought an ounce of grass from another friend. We were sitting in my car northbound on a semi-major street. We rolled a joint and started taking hits. I looked to my left, and there was a squad car stopped in the southbound lane, and the cops were just staring at us. I took off like a maniac. The cops did a u-turn, but by that point I'd gotten off the main street and into a residential area. I found a garage that was open and pulled in there. We watched the squad slowly cruise the area for about half an hour.

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Re: When "Butt Dialing" Goes Wrong
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2013, 08:28:06 PM »
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Re: When "Butt Dialing" Goes Wrong
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2013, 09:18:22 PM »
I used to have a flip phone with a bunch of buttons around the sides.  It was nearly impossible to pick up the phone without activating the camera, phone, or other features.  I don't have it anymore thankfully.  I am up to date with the latest and greatest with my 2 year old blackberry.

Oh god I hate the flip phones with the buttons on the side. Absolutely *expletive deleted* useless and annoying as hell.

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I miss those old Nokias like that. Rugged as hell, great call quality, simple, no camera, good battery life. Did have a keypad lock, but IIRC would still call 911 even locked.

The Casio GZOne I got afterwards could not hold a candle to it, and the Samsung Convoy II that followed that one was a flaming piece of *expletive deleted*.

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