Sunday, March 23, 2008
Big Brother is listening. Really, he is. Or she is. I couldn't hear the gender of the person who cut the line. Or perhaps it was a sexless computer (if there is still such a thing these days).
(Telephone Conversation. Party one is in Canada. Party two, Germany. March 23, 2008 Approx. 19h (7PM) CET)
P1: "...when he was STONED."
P2: "Whoops. Now you've triggered the listening devices." (giggle)
P1: "No. In order to do that, you'd have to say TERRORIST!"
P2" "Shhhhh!! Now they're going to come to your house!" (maniacal, uncontrollable giggling)
P1: "I wonder if the listening devices are tuned to listen to pick up on words like BOMB, TERRORIST, WEAPON in Arabic, since that's the Lingua Franca of Terrorism. It would only make sense... Hello?"
(Silence)
P1: "Hello?"
(Dead silence, followed by the beeping of a severed connection.)
An attempt to call back yields the following results:
1. One ring, then the phone picks up.
"Hello?" (followed by an echo of my own voice. No response, just the sound of breathing on the the other end, then a button being pushed).
"Hello?" (another echo, another empty moment)
A third attempt re-establishes contact.
I'm still feel freaked out.
If you don't hear from me for a while, please write letters on my behalf:
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
RE: Unlawful detainment at Guantanamo Bay
Love,
Kevin
(Telephone Conversation. Party one is in Canada. Party two, Germany. March 23, 2008 Approx. 19h (7PM) CET)
P1: "...when he was STONED."
P2: "Whoops. Now you've triggered the listening devices." (giggle)
P1: "No. In order to do that, you'd have to say TERRORIST!"
P2" "Shhhhh!! Now they're going to come to your house!" (maniacal, uncontrollable giggling)
P1: "I wonder if the listening devices are tuned to listen to pick up on words like BOMB, TERRORIST, WEAPON in Arabic, since that's the Lingua Franca of Terrorism. It would only make sense... Hello?"
(Silence)
P1: "Hello?"
(Dead silence, followed by the beeping of a severed connection.)
An attempt to call back yields the following results:
1. One ring, then the phone picks up.
"Hello?" (followed by an echo of my own voice. No response, just the sound of breathing on the the other end, then a button being pushed).
"Hello?" (another echo, another empty moment)
A third attempt re-establishes contact.
I'm still feel freaked out.
If you don't hear from me for a while, please write letters on my behalf:
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
RE: Unlawful detainment at Guantanamo Bay
Love,
Kevin
Labels: big brother, conspiracy, eavesdropping, surveillance, wire tapping
