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WUNDERBARE KOMMUNIKATION - WONDERFUL COMMUNICATION
Quelle: Persönlich dem Autor von Marta
Golin am 20. August 2001 erzählt WONDERFUL COMMUNICATION Besides its function as a highly used means of communication, the telephone also plays a big role in many urban legends in Italy. By the way, all Italians are called "Pronto," at least that is the way they answer the phone, which means something like "Hello!"
Gettone Telefonico Many stories have grown up around how to prepare the former necessary special coins "gettoni" for the slot machines in order to be able to have unlimited calls.
Italian phone card After the introduction of magnetic phone cards, rumors came up that they have to be laid down in front of a turned on TV for 24 hours in order to become charged unlimitedly. The moistening of the card or hairspray would even ameliorate the result. The card could also be charged when laid down on the turned on mains adaptor of the widely used homecomputer Commodore C-64 for a night.
mobile phones as a warning of radar
speed checks? Certain mobile phones of the manufacturer Nokia are supposed to have a hidden feature, a warning of radar speed checks, by typing in the correct code. Laid down underneath the car's windshield in the direction of the traffic, it would give a signal when locating radar. source: personally told to the author by Marta
Golin on 20 August 2001. © English version: www.sagen.at
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