Butt-dialing (was Sleep-texting)

Fri Jan 6 20:38:56 UTC 2012

My son talked about how he "accidentally butt-dialed" someone, which prompted me to speculate about the skills required for butt-dialing someone on purpose.

Neal

On Jan 6, 2012, at 11:16 AM, "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:

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> Apparently sometimes more thoughtful than
> butt-phoning, which (I assume) only dials random numbers.
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> Joel

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