During A Mothers Day Phone Call A Guy Speaking Arabic Busts Into The Call

[Binka]

(This is NOT A Joke) My sister called me from San Diego (I am in Sicily) and we had been chatting about 10 minutes when all of the sudden I hear some static and then this male voice saying "Aasalaamu Aleikum" and another voice responding "Wa-Aleikum Aassalaam." I said "holy shit Maureen did you hear that?" Mr Binka says "what the shit is going on?" I hand him the phone and he says :wtf:

Then my sis is back on the line saying "what happened the phone went screwy?" and I ask her if she heard the guys talking, "What guys?" she asks. Holy shit! So I said "Moe you might be getting a visit from NSA. Tell them you had no idea what happened but you are sure it is all your sisters fault." :evilgrin: Then I gave a shout out to NSA and told them " HERE'S IS A BIG FUCK OFF TO YOU & YOUR MOTHERS."

[Teaser]

1. You sure it wasn't a radio station?

I frequently pick up Russian language radio on my phone.

[Binka]

3. No It Was 2 Guys Talking On A Phone

"hello hello...Aasalaamu Aleikum" Then another voice on another phone saying "Hello (something I could not translate but it was probably "I can't fucking hear you")Wa-Aleikum Aassalaam."

I worked in radio as a broadcaster for several years and this was NO radio show. When Mr Binka was on the phone he said it was a full blown conversation.

[Warner2008]

2. Yeah, right. Whatever. n/t

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[Lochloosa]

14. You are fucking with the wrong women there buddy.

Trust me on this one.

And welcome to DU.....

[stop the bleeding]

4. " HERE'S IS A BIG FUCK OFF TO YOU & YOUR MOTHERS."

I wish we could call the NSA and leave that on the answering machine, I would have left the "Mothers" out of it, but the other would have be delicious

[etherealtruth]

5. I've picked up stray conversations ...

...on cell phones and cordless phones. I would be reasonably sure that's what happened here ... you overheard a conversation btw. 2 people greeting each other with traditional Islamic greetings.

[Binka]

8. She Was On A Land Line And So Was I

I understand Arabic I lived in the ME as a kid. I knew immediately what they were saying to each other. It was crazy!

[LA lady]

9. I doubt if it's major

I grew up in Beirut and still have family there. We get crossed lines all the time. Try not to worry

[Binka]

11. I Thought It Was Hysterical!

I loved it!

[etherealtruth]

13. I'm not trying to be obtuse ...

Besides overhearing the greeting what was said ... ? Maybe I'm just old (44) and have memories of very imperfect phone service, but I'm not seeing the reason for concern in this instance (I understand others are and i'm truly just trying to see if I need to rethink my response).

[Binka]

15. I Am Not Concerned I Think It Was A Hoot!

WEIRD TOO!

[etherealtruth]

18. Whoaa ...sorry

Despite not trying to be obtuse ...I sure accomplished it :spank:

edit: corrected grammar so message had some coherence

[spuddonna]

7. Holy crap!

You're on a Muslim party line! :evilgrin: I thought they went out of style in the 70's!

"For Allah, press 1. For jihad, press 2. For Jesus Christ (PBUH), press 3..."

Ok, seriously though... that's freaky! Did you explain the details to your sister? Was she freaking out?

BTW, I had a lovely message on my answering machine this morning from someone calling me a "a %^&*(*& coward and traitor"... I guess my letter to the editor (somewhere) was published! LOL!

[Binka]

10. My Sister Is A Political Down Syndrome Child

She had no clue what I was talking about. She thought NASA would be coming to her house. To talk about her next trip to outer space! I love the Muslim party line riff...for Souqs's press 4, for dish dashes press 5...

[spuddonna]

20. LMAO!!!

:rofl: Next time you call her, make sure you include one gibberish line that sounds like code but is NASA related.

"The Eagle has landed! Repeat, the Eagle has landed!!" Tell her its a 'shout out' to the NASA guys listening in... :evilgrin:

[Spangle]

12. Relax

This has happened to me a couple of times. But the people were speaking english. One time only I could here them. They didn't seem to hear me. And the person I was talking to couldn't hear them. WE hung up and I called again.. no problem that time. Another time, If I remember correctly.. WE both were able to hear them, but they couldn't hear us. Same thing, we just hung up and reconnected. Kinda hard to have a conversation on a phone when 2 others are also talking.

Both cases the other conversation was 'hazy' and not real clear. But I could understand what was being said. BAck ground noise, you could say. Also, If I remember correctly, both calls were long distance calls. Not over seas calls, tho.

It sounds like you heard the traditional greatings/response. Just because you heard arabic doesn't mean you heard anything scary. America is a melting pot and we do have Americans that speak Arabic, just like english, spanish, french, etc. <grin>

[Lochloosa]

16. You always have a way with words Binka....

How is the family?:9

[Binka]

17. You Don't Care About My Family! LOL

You just want the boot picture again!:evilgrin:

[Lochloosa]

21. Who me?

pretty please....

[Binka]

24. No FruitCup For You!

Think Nurse Diesel!

[MadHound]

19. Probably just some bleed over on the lines

Nothing to get paranoid about, I've heard it before here in the states, and I'm sure it still happens both here and abroad, especially with phone systems and infrastructure that hasn't been updated in awhile.

Oh, and if I remember my Arabic right, what you overheard was merely two people greeting each other:shrug: Nothing to get paranoid about.

[deaniac21]

22. Thank you so much for striking a blow for freedom!

[EFerrari]

23. That's the way we should all answer our phones. Works for me.

:rofl:

[drbtg1]

25. I had a crossed line in an apartment complex.

Pretty modern complex, but when I moved in, the local teleco hooked it up so that when someone dialed my number, the phone rang in my apartment and someone else's apartment.

Sounds like this is a similar case. Besides, if the NSA was actually listening to you, I doubt you'd know about it.

[Midlodemocrat]

26. That happened to me many years ago.

I would hear someone speaking in Spanish when I picked up my phone. I lived alone, was being stalked at the time and it was pretty creepy.

Then, one day my phone bill arrives with a $85 call to Peru. I called the phone company and the genius says "Well, you did call Panama". Yes, moran. I did call Panama, but they aren't one in the same. :eyes:

Turns out the lines were crossed at the top of the utility pole at the end of the street. Took six months to get it figured out.

[justice1]

27. Mother's Day is the busiest day of the year for phone companies.

One Mother's day after visiting my mom, I listened to my phone messages. One was barely audible, so I listened to it repeatedly, not knowing what to do. It gave a womans name and said it was her answering service, and to please get help immediately. It sounded like an elderly persons name, so I got out the phone book, on the off chance that there was someone listed by that name.

I found it, and called 911, and explained the situation. A little while later a deputy showed up at my house to thank me for calling. A woman in her 80's had fallen and broke her hip, the phone lines got crossed after she dialed for help.

[bobbieinok]

28. how great you were able to help

[recoveringrepublican]

29. I get a spanish radio station when it rains

We don't have a cordless so it seems strange to me. Do you live in an apartment? I would pick up conversations on our cordless when we lived in an apartment.