Tuesday

OMG, TFLN... WTF?!

When I lived in Ausralia a few years ago, I didn't get it. Nobody called each other; everyone texted. It was so, so annoying.

But then it hit me. Or, should I say, bit me. And I've been texting ever since.

Fast forward a few years and everyone on this side of the pond is texting, too. And as text messages replace phone calls, good old fashioned drunk dialing is being replaced by what I call tipsy texting: text messaging friends, former lovers, current crushes and, at times, the wrong person altogether, when you're mildly-to-completely intoxicated.

Naturally, typos and innuendos abound. As do the laughs.

But unlike drunk dials, tipsy texts remain on the record, both on the sender's phone and on the recipient's handset. And online, too, thanks to the brilliant folks at Texts From Last Night.com.

The site lets you upload messages you sent or received and publishes only the area code.

Some of them are pretty funny. Others are raunchy. Most, however, are simply hilarious.

You can also sort by area code, allowing you to see what hijinks happened in your back yard the night before as you slept soundly and/or remained sober enough to avoid committing the same sort of faux-pas.

I find it curious that TFLN isn't bombarded with messages emanating from Vegas' area code, 702 -- but it's not the locals who misbehave, drink way too much at Rehab (ahem, Jeremy Shockey) and make fools of themselves.

Well, not usually, at least.

702, 212, 310, 202, 540... they're all on there. Heck, there might even be a 604, 204, 418, or, lord help us, 613 -- I haven't checked. But feel free to go have a look-see for yourself.

The site, again, is Texts From Last Night.com -- http://www.textsfromlastnight.com/ -- here's the link.

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