Prank?

Today I checked my phone mail and had this obnoxious "song" sang "to Kim" by some guy with a guitar. It was about "fetish-y" insulting, disgusting sorts of behavior. I listened and thought, "who the heck would have sent this to me?" Then I noticed an unfamiliar number on my caller ID. So I called it, and there was the voice of the person who had sang the song. I didn't leave a message, but thought "hmmm."

Then, later in the day, the same not so smart guy called my house again, demanding "did someone from this number call my number?!"

I said, "well, actually, you called me first and sang a stupid song...." but that's as far as I got before he hung up.

I can't figure it out completely. I suspect it was a "drunk prank" sort of thing where he just dialed random numbers and if he got a girl's voice on a voice mail, sang his stupid song with her name. This would explain why he didn't recognize my number on the call back.

It's possible (but unlikely) that some disgruntled student who I gave a grade they thought they didn't deserve put a friend up to it. I do give students my home number. This person was not a name I recognized, nor a voice, but he did sound about college-age. And if someone got a bad grade in my class, it would explain the lack of logical ability to think through the whole "let's prank call this chick with a call from our own phone number, and totally blow off the idea of caller ID." (Cause, it's actually pretty easy to get a good grade in my class if you aren't a total idiot).

But this was definitely not too bright.

Dude. If I can get your number on my caller ID, guess what else I can get? It'll be really hard for you to commit said disgusting act from the song if my large husband comes over to your house and puts his foot in your ass.

But it does make me realize that I guess the age of the prank call is over with caller ID. I'm not exactly sure that's a loss or a gain.