‘Loser’ Phone Number Mean to the Extreme
The idea of a woman giving out a bogus “loser’s” phone number instead of her own is an old one (“Hey, Loser, Got a Message for You,” Sept. 9). Some years ago I met an attractive young woman and asked for her number. She gleefully gave it to me. I phoned the very next day, only to hear a taped recording: “Thank you for calling the Los Angeles Zoo.... “ My only solace was a good laugh because, even though the joke was on me, it was truly funny.
Unfortunately, Jeff Goldblatt’s “loser’s” phone number is lean on humor and mean to the extreme.
RHYS THOMAS
Van Nuys
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