| 1. | 192 | ||
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UK Directory Enquiries. Worked flawlessly, was a bit expensive but was worth the price. Shut down for no reason by Oftel, who never like to see one company do well on its own, and shut down by the people who want needless competition. 192 followed in the footsteps of Ma Bell. 192 is being replaced with twelve six-digit '118' numbers, the original 192 service can be found at 118 500, but it now has rivals. There are lots of pussy services like 118 118 and 118 888. "Dude, phone 192."
"Dude, that doesn't exist anymore, I gotta phone one of those pussy companies." "Dude, just phone 118 500, it is the original 192." |
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| 2. | 11 88 88 | ||
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One of the many companies in the 118 directory enquiries business. It was fun to phone at first, now the company's fame went to their heads and are providing a shitty service. "Dude, 11 88 88 suck."
"Aye." |
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| 3. | 118 | ||
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the three number that start every directory enquiries number in britan, most of which have an addictivly annoying tune dial 118 TWICE 118!
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| 4. | 118 118 | ||
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completely fucking shit directory enquiries service that seems to be staffed by Indian halfwits with a somewhat limited grasp of the English language. The company that owns them must make massive profits through the calls as on average you are stuck on the line for 20 odd minutes trying to spell out really complicated street names like 'bond street' or 'High Street' to someone who sounds like a character from goodness gracious me 118 118? naah mate use 118 500
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| 5. | Swervigo | ||
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The feeling of exhaustion you get when you have avoided so many peoples calls/enquiries at work. I gave so many people the swerve today, i'm knackered.
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| 6. | 118 | ||
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The three numbers at the start of a directory enquieries service. BT used to be the sole provider with the number 192 but now it has been replaced by many other companies with their services. The list of numbers in the UK alone to this date are:
118000 118005 118006 118008 118019 118023 118025 118030 118049 118069 118080 118090 118097 118099 118102 118103 118111 118113 118114 118117 118118 118119 118120 118128 118136 118141 118158 118178 118180 118181 118183 118184 118189 118199 118200 118212 118218 118220 118221 118222 118225 118229 118232 118234 118242 118246 118247 118258 118262 118288 118308 118318 118321 118323 118334 118338 118339 118354 118355 118366 118373 118374 118375 118383 118390 118391 118400 118404 118424 118425 118428 118429 118437 118440 118453 118455 118456 118487 118499 118500 118508 118511 118518 118528 118543 118554 118559 118560 118561 118567 118588 118592 118606 118634 118687 118696 118700 118707 118723 118737 118739 118747 118770 118773 118774 118797 118800 118806 118810 118811 118814 118815 118825 118832 118848 118850 118864 118866 118869 118877 118878 118888 118895 While this might be good for consumer sovereignty, some of the services are down right stupid. 118453 for Gay & Lesbian Directory Enquiries? WTF?
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| 7. | nigerian email | ||
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A common email scam in which it is claimed that a wealthy foreigner needs your help moving millions of dollars from his homeland to yours and will reward you with a hefty percentage of this fortune if you agree to assist him. Dear Sir,
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I am Barrister philip Adama, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Mr. Ralf Rutherford, who used to work with Shell Development Company in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2000, my client, his wife and their only daughter were involved in a car accident along sagbama express road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to look for any body who will be willing to assist me in recovering the fund valued at US$10.5 million left behind by my client before it gets confisicated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge amount were deposited. The said Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confisicated within the next twenty one official working days.Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased hence I have all the legal document to back you up for the claim, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss on how we can sharing the funds when it get into your account. I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for cla... |
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