Might be quite fun if you automatically got Hatsby'd/Trouted when you initially signed up to AIM, as an intro to the service - instead of the 5 or 6 complimentary spim-vertising bots you get on your brand new buddy list currently.

Some years ago, when my friend and I were talking on the phone, we would each make a three-way call at the same time.

The first to answer the phone would hear the ringing of the other dialed call while my friend and I remained silent.

From what I recall the two called parties would almost always engage in conversation that was usually quite funny.

Wait a minute, this has happened to me during a lightning storm. The phone rang, and the caller insisted that I had called them. I thought it was just some freakish bug in the phone system caused by the storm, but now you made me wonder if it was actually a prank instead.

classic man in the middle style phone hack - those were the days eh?

I've been subjected to this and it was quite amusing. The fun part is not knowing when or if it'll happen to you.

This makes me want to make a clone. Couldn't be too difficult with Ruby and the net-toc gem.