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		alfiedotwtf on April 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don't Pick Up: Missed calls in India Pay phones (the yellow ones) in Melbourne in the early 90s let you both hear each other for under 1 second. Calling multiple times you could let your parents know to pick you up from wherever you were :)

pests on April 15, 2021 [–]

This is also semi true in the US. There was a small recording window to say your name for the opposing party when dialing collect.

Resulted in such wonders as a famous "itsbobwehadababyitsaboy" commercial .

https://youtu.be/9JxhTnWrKYs

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