{"id":4201,"date":"2004-08-04T14:02:27","date_gmt":"2004-08-04T14:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/?p=4201"},"modified":"2004-08-04T14:02:27","modified_gmt":"2004-08-04T14:02:27","slug":"what_everyone_n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/?p=4201","title":{"rendered":"What Everyone Needs When They Go Out On A Blind Date"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hmm. I wonder if I can use this service yet. I mean, if I had a date anytime in the next decade.<\/p>\n

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‘Escape-A-Date’ ringtones help you lie like an (unwired) dog<\/a><\/p>\n

Cingular Wireless recently introduced an odd new tool for subscribers. “Escape-a-Date” is touted as “the perfect service to use when you are afraid that your blind date may not be just right for you.” Users schedule a “rescue” phone call at a pre-set time which tells them exactly how to lie their way into speedy escape. Eight randomly-generated humorous scripts are offered, here’s a snip from one:<\/p>\n

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Hey, this is your escape-a-date call. If you’re looking for an excuse, I got it. Just repeat after me, and you’ll be on your way!<\/p>\n

“Not again! Why does that always happen to you? … Alright, I’ll be right there.<\/em>” Now tell ’em that your roommate got locked out, and you have to go let them in. Good luck!”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[Boing Boing Blog<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I remember doing this kind of thing to get out of meetings that were driving me insane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hmm. I wonder if I can use this service yet. I mean, if I had a date anytime in the next decade. ‘Escape-A-Date’ ringtones help you lie like an (unwired) dog Cingular Wireless recently introduced an odd new tool for subscribers. “Escape-a-Date” is touted as “the perfect service to use when you are afraid that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezoons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}