The legendary Mojave Phone Booth is back (2013)
45 points by 1970-01-01 4 days ago | 9 comments

_charlier 19 hours ago
Not sure who is operating the number now, but I called it and it texted me this haiku:

  At last I call God
  Waiting for call that won't come
  Receiver's last breath
Fun.
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satisfice 19 hours ago
So, neither the phone booth, nor the function of the phone booth, nor the experience of the phone booth, nor the meaning of the phone booth is back.

Thanks for letting us know.

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mnky9800n 12 hours ago
i called and was able to listen to recordings of random people talking.
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brudgers 3 days ago
The link to the "tribute website" still works. https://www.deuceofclubs.com/moj/mojave.htm
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mnky9800n 12 hours ago
i called and it was some woman talking about her cat and how she smokes to become productive but then can never go to sleep with some guy agreeing with everything she said.
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jmclnx 22 hours ago
I thought someone put the booth back up, seems that was not the case.

Too bad, I believed the booth was piece of "americana" that should have been kept for future generations.

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palmotea 9 hours ago
> Too bad, I believed the booth was piece of "americana" that should have been kept for future generations.

It was owned and operated by a for profit-corporation, and the more they control the less will be "kept for future generations." They'd torch the Mona Lisa if it meant more profit to their shareholders.

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thekevan 22 hours ago
I called the number and the first words I heard were, "...and the my d*ck gets hard and I have to stop."
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Stratoscope 15 hours ago
Sidetrack Adventures must have a video on this.

... searching ...

Yup, here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7-Ydb3qRP8

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vee-kay 11 hours ago
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