Bart Simpson styled prank but on a bigger scale..

Greenlizard0

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..at an Irish Zoo :

Dublin Zoo was forced to shut down its switchboard yesterday after thousands of Irish mobile users fell for a new take on one of the oldest phone tricks in the book.

Text messages have been doing the rounds in Ireland telling unwitting recipients to call a number and ask for one of a number of named contacts.

The Irish Independent reports that the zoo’s switchboard went into meltdown yesterday, and has now been forced to answer all calls with a recorded message saying: "If you are calling to speak to Mr Rory Lion, C Lion, G Raffe or anyone similar please be aware that you are the victim of a hoax message." Other contacts include Ana Conda and Rory Lyons.
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Oh dear, everybody thinking they're punder woman or something..
 
My dad used to do a lot of business with Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa and one April fools day his receptionist gave him a message to call a Mr G Raffe at the zoo, which he did. The girl that answered picked it up immediatly as a hoax and my dad felt none too bright.
 
theReg said:
We tried to call Dublin Zoo to check on the situation, but were told the PR dept’s junior had yet to return after they were sent to the stationery dept to ask for a long weight.
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Pfff ha ha ha! :p
 
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