NationStates Jolt Archive

It seems some mobile phone users in India have fallen victim to a rumor that calls from certain numbers can cause illness or even cause one's mobile phone to explode. Some speculate the rumor was started to try to sell protective measures against the alleged "devil calls".

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060328/od_afp/indiatelecomdeviloffbeat_060328135500

Bart: Listen to this: [reads] "Unexplainable behavior: individuals
acting in a secretive fashion are often involved with UFOs or
other paranormal phenomena, e.g., telephone explosions."
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F07.html

Sounds like the plot of a Japanese horror film I'm sure I have seen (I keep on thinkng it is called Pulse but that is about the internet)

I don't know about explosions, but I've gotten telemarketing calls that made me sick! :p :p :p

I must apologise to the people of Orissa. If I've told those darn imps to stop making prank calls on the phone once, I've told them a million times. Never mind, the people of Orissa are safe for the immediate future - seems the imps will be grounded for the next couple of millenia...:mad:

...sigh...being the lord of darkness and evil isnt all glamour, even with all those weird gothed out emo teens paying homage - actually especially with all those weird gothed out emo teens paying homage....:rolleyes:

This serves to further illustrate my theory that cell phones are instuments of evil each containing a tiny demon who possess you over time.

The only time the devil calls me is when I've got the thermostat turned up too high... :D