Woman Gets Phone Calls for God

[Jewels]

Dawn Jenkins isn't in the new Jim Carrey comedy "Bruce Almighty," but her phone number is — and that's become a problem.

In the film, Carrey stars as a mortal who receives the powers of God. The character of God tries to reach Carrey's character by repeatedly leaving a phone number on his pager.

But instead of the usual 555 prefix used by most television shows and films, God's number is a common exchange — one too common for Jenkins' liking. It's her cell phone number.

She's been getting about 20 calls per hour, with callers asking for God before hanging up.

"What am I to do?" Jenkins wrote on an Internet forum. Reached by telephone by the St. Petersburg Times, Jenkins declined further comment, saying only she wants to hire an attorney. Officials from Universal Studios did not return telephone calls from the newspaper Monday.

Jenkins isn't alone in her plight. The number on Carrey's character's pager matches the number of a South Carolina woman who declined to give her name, but said she's been "getting aggravated to death" by the incessant calling.

It also matches the number for a call center to a group of five Colorado talk-radio stations. Ron Nickel, senior vice president for the Radio Colorado Network, was worried about what would happen Tuesday, the first regular office workday since the movie's release.

"My receptionist is going to go crazy," Nickel said.

[Rndm_Perfection]

Give us the number, perhaps? I've got a few things to ask of God.

[Jewels]

it was like a 751 number or something like, you can always see the movie, this is hilarious, shes looking to sue

[Jason1]

just change your damn number...I would be honored and happy, and feel lucky if something like that happened to me. You could always screw with the people who call, which would be fun...I guess it could get annoying if they are calling at the wee hours of the night tho...but still, just change your #.

[Ginkasa]

Yes, I would be honored too if my phone number just happened to be in a movie even though its a mere coincidence and the people who made the movie were not thinking of me at all when they put it in.

[/sarcasm]


Anyway....

Sucks to be them.

*shrugs and walks away*

[GameMaster]

Originally posted by Jewels02
it was like a 751 number or something like, you can always see the movie, this is hilarious, shes looking to sue

I hope she loses the battle and people continue to call her until she takes the final plunge.

[Xantar]

So wait a minute, are people calling her as a prank or do they actually think they're going to get in touch with God? Obviously this is an important thing to consider since it is crucial when I make my judgment of whether the human race has somehow gotten even stupider.

And to those who say people should just change their number, you haven't really thought things through. Do you have any idea how aggravating it is to change your number and inform all your friends about it? You'll probably miss a couple, too. The adjustment can go for months.

[Ginkasa]

Originally posted by Xantar
So wait a minute, are people calling her as a prank or do they actually think they're going to get in touch with God? Obviously this is an important thing to consider since it is crucial when I make my judgment of whether the human race has somehow gotten even stupider.

So...who's stupider: the people who were prank calling or the people who thought that the number would actually get them to God?


*shrugs and walks away*

[GameMaster]

I consider prank calling to be the activity of those intellectually above the masses thank you very much.

[Canyarion]

Stuff like this can happen to you if you entered the Twin Snakes contest...
Caller: "Hey dude, I just killed you man! You were so ugly and lazy, I messed up your whole body!" *click*
You:

[Happydude]

poor woman...ohh well...i wish it was my number i would have fun with the people...

[One Winged Angel]

lol... I called her yesterday, but she disconnected her phoneline =|

[BlueFire]

Originally posted by GameMaster
I consider prank calling to be the activity of those intellectually above the masses thank you very much.

Yeah, I'm sure. I remember I got a prank call where the person was just making orgasm yells.

[Shadow_Link]

Originally posted by GameMaster
I consider prank calling to be the activity of those intellectually above the masses thank you very much.

Yeah, all you have to do is change "those intellectually above the masses" with "the most annoying, and mentally challenged people", and you'd be spot on.

[Yugi Starwind]

that's pretty funny, I mean, if someone called me up on my cell(someone i don't know) and called me god, i would just be stunned.