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Dec. 18th, 2008 12:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hathycol118118 is a popular texting service that promises to answer all your questions, and if you text them once you get free ones for the rest of the day. After settling a pub-based argument last night after DocSoc ("Look, I'm telling you, I Believe I Can Fly WAS the song from SpaceJam!") a DocSoc pub meeting went a little... bonkers, shall we say.
So, this was our conversation with the 118118 call centre, who probably had an instructive few hours on the internet because of us.
ME (quoted verbatim; I plead a lack of use of grammer in text messages): Who is the best doctor in doctor who?
118118 (after a long pause): The 118 Team thinks that Paul McGann who played the 8th Doctor in the series is the best doctor. thx!
We were both horrified and impressed.
ME: Who was the best new who companion- rose, martha or donna?
118118(a very short pause): We think they are all great. However, we think Rose is the bext. thx.
After a conversation about, amongst other things,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
shoebox_project and OMG MY COMMITTEE IS FULL OF NERDS, we did this:
ME: When did remus and sirius from harry potter start sleeping with each other?
118118(a long and horrified pause here): No info found. However, Sirius Black is Harry's godfather. thx!
ME: Who is more irritating- adric or turlough?
118118: It depends on the viewer's taste about their characters. Each portrays a unique role in the series. thx!
Finally, coming up the midnight, we can up with this little gem:
MME: Who is going to be the next president of the university of st andrews doctor who society? Any random name will do.
We expected to get back a sort of 'Geoff.' Instead...
118118: Dr Daniel Barker. You can ring him at 01334[phonenumber]. He is a member of the Biology IT Committee. thx!
I nearly ruputured something laughing, I really did. A pound well spent there!
I am 4,324 words into my dissertation and I've spent far too long researching stoicism. GOOD-O.
So, this was our conversation with the 118118 call centre, who probably had an instructive few hours on the internet because of us.
ME (quoted verbatim; I plead a lack of use of grammer in text messages): Who is the best doctor in doctor who?
118118 (after a long pause): The 118 Team thinks that Paul McGann who played the 8th Doctor in the series is the best doctor. thx!
We were both horrified and impressed.
ME: Who was the best new who companion- rose, martha or donna?
118118(a very short pause): We think they are all great. However, we think Rose is the bext. thx.
After a conversation about, amongst other things,
shoebox_project and OMG MY COMMITTEE IS FULL OF NERDS, we did this:ME: When did remus and sirius from harry potter start sleeping with each other?
118118(a long and horrified pause here): No info found. However, Sirius Black is Harry's godfather. thx!
ME: Who is more irritating- adric or turlough?
118118: It depends on the viewer's taste about their characters. Each portrays a unique role in the series. thx!
Finally, coming up the midnight, we can up with this little gem:
MME: Who is going to be the next president of the university of st andrews doctor who society? Any random name will do.
We expected to get back a sort of 'Geoff.' Instead...
118118: Dr Daniel Barker. You can ring him at 01334[phonenumber]. He is a member of the Biology IT Committee. thx!
I nearly ruputured something laughing, I really did. A pound well spent there!
I am 4,324 words into my dissertation and I've spent far too long researching stoicism. GOOD-O.
