Call This Number!
By tyler on Aug 6, 2008 in Art, Electronic/Digital, Inventions, Metal, Nature, Noisemakers, Public, Technology
Call +4790369389 to have your voice blasted into the luscious lands of Norway through September 20th, 2008.
Telemegaphone Dale is a 23-foot-tall wind-powered loudspeaker sculpture that picks up incoming calls and projects them into the nearby surroundings. This Telemegaphone, created by the Swedish designers at Unsworn Industries, is located on a mountain overlooking the village of Dalsfjord in Western Norway. Apparently, a “massive” amount of people have been calling. The sculpture is only “available” when the wind is blowing and the line isn’t busy.
Nice!
“When you dial the Telemegaphone’s phone number the sound of your voice is projected out across the fjord, the valley and the village of Dale below. No answer? Telemegaphone Dale is wind powered and self-reliant. Recently however, the weather has been exceptionally calm in Dale and there has been a massive amount of people calling.”
Update (9/7/08):
One woman remarked, “This is great. I will sit on my porch with a cup of tea and listen to the world.”
The video below is of the opening ceremony - a call from Brooklyn, NY by sound artist Bora Yoon who played his 5-minute “Telemegaphone Concerto.” The performance was recorded from 2 miles away from the Telemegaphone so turn up your volume!
I will be posting actual comments and feedback, the good and bad :), from the villagers of Dale soon… please subscribe to my rss feed to stay updated.
If you do/say/play anything remarkable, say it in the comments!
From: VERTiGO | Aug 8, 2008 | Reply
Freakin sweet, I’m totally gonna sing that fast part of Dinner Bell by They Might be Giants. i figure, if it’s stuck in my head, let it get stuck in Norway’s head, too.
From: RickRoll | Aug 8, 2008 | Reply
I sense an excellent opportunity here
From: Kyle | Aug 8, 2008 | Reply
I rickroll’d them.
From: Lizza | Aug 8, 2008 | Reply
Do long distance charges apply to U.S. callers? hehe
From: bob | Aug 8, 2008 | Reply
i tried to call it and it didn’t work, is the wind not blowing?
From: Jason | Aug 8, 2008 | Reply
I called and complained about how damned windy it is right now!!
From: willies | Aug 8, 2008 | Reply
That was fun!
I vented.
From: Anonymous | Aug 8, 2008 | Reply
Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down!
From: Strongit | Aug 8, 2008 | Reply
Hehehe…I checked the local time there and it’s about 6:30 AM, so I gave em a ring. Got through on the first try. “Hello! It’s 6:30, time to get up! Wakey wakey! Hello? Helloooo?” lol
From: joe | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
do they speak english where the thing is?
From: Wilo | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
I hope they like Bohemian Rhapsody.
From: Alex | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
lol!
btw they speak Norwegian here is a few frases:
it is six thirty time to get up!!= det er en seks tredve tid å våkne opp enhver!
Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down…= Aldri går å gir du opp aldri går til leie du ned
here are some swears
damn=fordømme, (alt. pokker, fordømt, fordømmer, fordømte)
shit=lort, (alt. lorten, dritt, skitt, skitten)
ass=esel, ( alt. fjols, fe, ræv)
From: jaybee | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
Bob: no, the wind’s down… we’re calling Holland to get them to turn the mills on again.
From: charles | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
props to the rickroller
From: Matthew | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
@ joe
In Norway, they speak Norwegian, not English.
From: ben | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
great minds think alike, the first thign I thought when I read this was, “has anyon evr rickrolled a country before?”
From: andrew | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
id be pissed to be hearing American idiots calling when ever the wind blows shouting inaudible language…feel bad for that town
From: lmao | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
lmfao kyle. rick rolled…hahahahahaha genius
From: Bokkie | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
@matthew and Joe
In Norway, they speak/understand BOTH Norwegian AND English…
Norwegian would be their mother tongue…
From: Hartman | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
I was thinking about a little american civilization that pertains to “Cornholio”
From: BILL STOREY | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
THIS PROOVES THAT A LOT OF HOT AIR GOES A LONG WAY
From: PacManDreaming | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
You think it will cause an uproar amongst them if I yell something about Germans looking for some heavy water?
From: Jamie Collins | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
Dammit guys, it’s August 08 and you still rickroll people? If you have jobs, I bet your colleagues must HATE you.
Have none of you seen The Shawshank Redemption?
From: John | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
I’m tempted to phone sex ‘em all.
From: sid | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
It costs 25 bucks a second
From: Elisa the Buxom Redhead | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
I just called a funny one in. I said, “Hullo?” Then no reply, right? So I said, “Hullo? Anybody there?” Again. No reply. So I said, “I’ll just wait for the beep.” Heh, I sat in silence and waited awhile before saying, “Ha Ha! Fooled you, goodbye!” See? I just acted like I was on the phone, even though it’s just going across some canyon in Norway! Those guys will hear that and think someone really got the wrong number or something! Isn’t that funny? I hope they know English, they’ll prolly get a good laugh when they figure it out.
From: Kat | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
I think it’d be fun to call and have a duck “quack” into the phone. Then, and only then, would we be able to see if a quack really doesn’t echo.
That or I’d feel compelled to play “Immigrant Song” for them.
From: Angus | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
@ Jason.
that was freraking genius…
i think i might call and start repeating
“can you hear me now?”
From: rob | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
I checked if their fridge was running.
From: ruinevil | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
Most people in Scandinavian nations can speak English… better than Brits or Americans, except with a really thick accent.
From: Phil | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
I farted thru the phone
From: solan | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
‘kafarsken!’ I cried. and then ‘heisann og hoppsann!’
From: RatherEvil | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
Oh come now, let’s really start thinking here. Try farting into the phone!
Use a dog whistle, driving every hound in the valley mad at once.
Have sex while on speakerphone!
From: daniel | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
what? No one’s playing porn over the phone?
From: ehjay | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
i suspect norway is going to be rolled should /b/tards have their way.
From: Chris | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
hey guys, how do you even know that it is really saying anything out there? you just have to take this guy’s word for it right? what if he’s lying and it’s fake?
From: juggaknot | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
I called:
ITS A CELEBRATION BITCHES!!!
-Rick James voice
From: Jaybird | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
Let them hear the sound of one hand fapping.
From: Anon | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
In Soviet Russia, Norwegians call you
From: Nick | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
i will call all the time until i get through. i used my noggin, as being a student and all, i plan to broadcast my address to look for a Norwegian pen pal. ill let you all know how it turns out.
From: ian | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
If you’ve never heard of the band Ed Gein, go to their myspace now.
myspace.com/edgeinband
This is what was played at 4:29 a.m. (My time.)
From: Thor | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
I want my Norwegian shouting chorus.
From: Armen | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
Laughing my ass off at all the people dumb enough to call this number just because somebody posted it along with a picture of a weather warning loudspeaker. If you wanna have fun yelling at strangers at least don’t be a puss about it and do it in your own neighborhood.
From: sbakerj | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
Either they cut the wires, or the wind stopped halfway through my I Have a Dream speech.
From: Maxx | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
i just did the porn one. kobe tai. she is a screamer
From: Matt | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
RICOLA anyone?
From: Mark | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
Are you retarded? It’s Norway. You must be American.
From: Irishinch | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
“RIIIIIIIIICOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!”
From: IrishUSA | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
Gave them a nice rendition of “Danny Boy”
From: anon | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
can anyone in norway confirm that this is real? i think its just a social experiment to show how cruel people are when they think they are given the chance to anonymously harass an entire village
From: ANONY MOUSE | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
I think all the called in responses are being recorded and put on a Norwegian website for all to point and laugh at.
From: Kira | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
Seriously, I want to try this, but does it cost anything? >_>
From: norwayboy | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
hvem har sagt at dere ringer anonymt?
From: dsf | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
i think this is absurd. if i lived in that village it would bother me to no end.
From: Mike | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
HEY KOOL-AID!!! —– OH, YEAH!!!
From: Hælvis | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
As someone mentioned, most Norwegians are fairly fluent in English.
Alex: I had a good laugh, but your Norwegian sucks!
Good swearwords in Norwegian:
Faen! [fah-en]:The Devil! (Used in the same way as “fuck!”).
Fitte! [fit-eh]:Cunt! (Can be used instead of “faen”, but is also a very derogatory term comparable to, but much worse than “bithc”).
Rasshøl [rahss-höl]:Asshole
Helvete! [hell-vehteh]:Hell! (Interchangeble with “faen”).
Then again… Norwegians understand most English/American swearwords, and sometimes even use the terms. We’re a bunch of creative fuckers, we are!
As for doubts as to what the contraption in the photo is: It’s definately not a weather warning horn. We don’t have any such devices in Norway, as the weather is crap half the time and we don’t have any tornados. Sometimes we get freak winds, but they’re so rare and random, they can’t be predicted. It COULD be a set of air raid horns, but I’ve never seen a set like that, and besides, they’re air driven and need a massive tank and compressor, so a set is much more likely to be located at a municipal building. Oh, and the horns ar HUGE! Just had a looksie on the site! This is definately something home-made! Cool! It’s probably hella-loud!
Oh, and the Ricola comment? We’re very familiar with the commercial, so go for it!
All internet memes are welcome too, of course! Manamana, anyone? Or leek girl? Hamsterdance will mindfuck anyone! My pal foot-foot by the Shaggs? Play the whoal thing! Same goes for any outsider music! There’s a bit more wind now, so go for it! Damn shame I live in Oslo!
From: willies | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
Vill you shtoopid Ahmericans qviete ze fuck down?!
You are frightening zee sheep!
Damn, now you voke up momma.
Sheetzen!
From: Natovr | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
Didn’t they break it off yet? I would if I have to wake up to people around the world like… singing in the morning while I’m sleeping o.O that would be SERIOUSLY annoying. But if they sang a nice song or played good piano or guitar or something, I would like it.
Stumbled :p
From: Natovr | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
EDIT: Lol… “Hello? Dominoes Pizza? How much does your New Yorker cost?
Hello?
Anyone?
Please… I’m hungry :(”
From: Bill | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
I really hope they liked a little NWA Fuck the Police
From: Bill | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
After the NWA F the Police they got a little South Park Mr Garrison singing Merry F’in Christmas.
I wonder if they are already rethinking the idea of the Telemegaphone.
From: Anna Drogyna | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
Norwegian speakers may follow this link to an article in the regional newspaper BT. It wasn’t published on April 1st…;)
http://www.bt.no/lokalt/sf/article603711.ece
It says the telemegaphone will be closed down at the beginning of the deer-hunting season on Sept 6th, as not to disturb the deers!?! What about the sound pollution all summer?^^…
From: Boob Biter | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
PHOTOSHOPPED the pixels are all wrong.
From: Ajax Jones | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
I’ve been advertising our porn site for the last 47 minutes.
From: tcs | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
I wonder if the $25/second comment was researched. I did find myself wondering what the cost could be on the call, but if peeps are really spending $25/second to anonymously harass some foreigners, then I think we can say the recession is over
I also have to wonder if this is like the ’stanford prison experiment’ where they were testing to basically see how evil people are naturally. Google the phrase sometime, disturbing stuff.
From: J$ | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
I think I’m about to win “The Penis Game” forever.
From: Harry | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
I’ve been advertising this website: http://www.savetheenvironment.com/noisepollution.htm
From: Matt | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
I’ve Rick Roll’d this place 4 times now, they’re either pissed or having a festival.
From: Another norway boy | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
Har d hørt om denne før eller? Tror dette bare er tull…..uansettt ingen som hadde hørt dem i dale
From: harry | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
@ harry
nice irony
From: Alex | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
I played Cats on Mars by Yoko Kanno. Got through on my first try. Gotta love Stereo Mix and a good sound card. Also, the call was apparently 20 cents a minute on Skype.
From: DB | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
this work?? everytime i call i get..your call can not be completed as dialed, please hang up and try again
From: It cost me | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
It cost me .16 dollar per min so this 25 dollars a min I dont know where they got that…
From: It cost me | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
ummm that was 16 cents… just to be clear…
From: 20LEgend | Aug 12, 2008 | Reply
I just sang ‘You Are My Solskjaer’ to them! My favourite Norwegian!
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - Man Utd & Norway Legend.
From: sylv666 | Aug 12, 2008 | Reply
i tried but number not recognised must find norway code!!
From: sylv666 | Aug 12, 2008 | Reply
ooo you can hear it echo back!!! I love it!!
From: alison | Aug 12, 2008 | Reply
when i tryed it it did not work
From: Andy | Aug 12, 2008 | Reply
O-M-G
I’m so pranking them with these!! The only thing is… well, a lot of them aren’t automated, some actually require you to repeat them.
however, I’m sure anyone who hears them may not understand all of it anyways.
(I sent the: Humor - Frustrated Man, has no logic.)
From: Chris | Aug 12, 2008 | Reply
someone should make them listen to “chocolate Rain” or “chacarron.” I would, but I don’t have long distance covered in my plan.
From: Anon | Aug 12, 2008 | Reply
FREE VARG
From: That one guy | Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
ok… how the hell do i dial a ‘+’ ???
prolly a dumb question but still…
From: Loren | Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
Hahahah!!! Chris! Chacarron is like my favorite song! I didn’t think anyone else had ever heard of it! I’m not gonna call it though…takes more effort than I’m willing to make just to annoy people.
From: Elena | Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
Hehe, being a norwegian and all I’m having a laugh reading through this. Those swears are more or less.. not swears. And google translator doesn’t really speak norwegian all that well..
From: John | Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
Tempted to advertise number as tourettes helpline
From: Alyssa | Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
Haha, that’s great.
From: Nicole | Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
if i was there, i would NOT be impressed!
but its kind of a neat idea!
-Nicole
From: valerie | Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
Some lady answered….
From: Mark | Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
Well, sing “Norwegian Wood” obviously……
Broadcast an announcement saying that Norway’s been annexed by Sweden again. And everybody’s gone back to driving on the left.
From: jake | Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
i MCROLLED em.
if you have no clue what that is, search on youtube.
From: conner | Aug 14, 2008 | Reply
I just gave them a little Tom Jones…
From: Yet another norwegian boy | Aug 14, 2008 | Reply
Well, the next time I’m in Norway(which is every summer) I’m totally going to go to this place. It is exactly like the Swedish to do annoying crap like this. Hvor i helvete er det stedet? Nordnorge?
From: someone XD | Aug 14, 2008 | Reply
i was going to rick roll them XDDDD
From: Jackie | Aug 14, 2008 | Reply
Taaaakkeee oooon meeee… TAKE ON ME… taaakkkeeee meeee oooonnnn… TAKE ON ME… Iiii’lll beeeee gooooneee in a DAYYYYYYYY.
From: NastyGash | Aug 14, 2008 | Reply
They ought to provide a method of listening to the contraption!
Great idea by the way!
From: Ron Paul Fan | Aug 14, 2008 | Reply
I said “Go Ron Paul”.
From: Jonathan Gill | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
I played the muppets theme song for them.
From: dabju | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
Dette var jo helt genialt! Hvorfor har jeg ikke hørt om dette før? jeg mener, hvorfor først gjennom stumble-upon? trist.
Stop it you guys, i need my sleep!
From: V | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
Hahahaha, that’s a great concept! I just called and sang good morning Norwayyyyy! (in greek!!! lol)
From: matt davis | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
if anyone listens to the band of montreal i played “the events leading up to the collapse of detective dullright”
it’s very trippy postmodern prose-esque stuff.
hope anyone there liked it!
From: Jesse | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
awesome
From: Jesse | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
Could you imagine living in Dalsfjord? That has to be the most annoying thing every created. Imagine someone calling at 3 A.M.
From: Trey G. | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
PrankDialer.com has never been more useful than right now…
From: KendallJaye | Aug 16, 2008 | Reply
streaming vid would be nice
i’d love to hear this!
From: Scottland652 | Aug 16, 2008 | Reply
My phone says that 479 836 is a area code for AR
From: Rachel | Aug 16, 2008 | Reply
“Hei. Jeg heter Rachel. Jeg kommer fra Wisconsin. Jer vil gjerne reise til Norge i Januar.”
From: Rachel | Aug 16, 2008 | Reply
Not that I can afford to go to Norway in January. But that’s all I know in norsk off the top of my head.
From: RegularJohn | Aug 16, 2008 | Reply
Played them Medication by Qotsa about 4am their time xD
From: RegularJohn | Aug 16, 2008 | Reply
…loud!
From: Zazz | Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
Haha, this is just great. I remember reading about it in the paper. ^^
I wanna call them! I better do it in the day on a sunday, when many people are going in the mountains and can hear it properly!
Norway-power. Hahah xD
From: jeff | Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
very cool indeed, i would send them some metallica.do they like hard rock?
From: Romers | Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
I hope they enjoy Pirates of Penzance. At the very list they are the modern major general.
From: StalkerGirl | Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
479-036 Scottland652
From: Gisle | Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
lol, i live in Norwy
From: Ethel | Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
There’s got to be more than one person in that town that wants to chop it down
From: Morbo | Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
@jaybee
WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!!! GOODNIGHT!
From: Lars | Aug 18, 2008 | Reply
@Y.a.n.b.: Nord-Norge??? Slå opp Fjaler i Wikipedia, din jævla søring.
@T.o.g.: Try exchanging the + for double-O.
@Rachel: I’m truly impressed.
@dabju: Jeg tenker det samme her. Konklusjon: Kultur-Norge suger ræv.
From: mojo | Aug 18, 2008 | Reply
im thinking llama song? anyone?
From: Signe | Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
Do go on calling - we understand English all right! Around 95 per cent of the population do as there is no tradition of dubbing foreign films and television in Norway.
From: Odilou's girlfriend | Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
http://www.unsworn.org/blog/telecom/
http://nkdale.no/
Links to the websites of the project.
Don’t know if its real or fake though. My bet is that it’s an experiment.
Anyhow, Norwegians have great sense of humour, particularly enjoying inadvertent stupidity from Americans.
From: anon | Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
i hope everyone hu has rung that number has been ripped off
From: rio | Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
hope they like OZZY!!!
From: merellion | Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
hope they like lamb chops “this is the song that never ends”
From: EHHHH | Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
Im feeling slipknot
From: JarethsDreamer | Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
Not that I would waste my time with this, and also my money, but I would love it if I were there and suddenly someone played Magic Dance.
Bowie ftw!
From: messed up | Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
raffi’s banana phone song n e 1?
From: dude, wtf? | Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
it doesn’t work for me.
i tried the regular number & the 00 in place of the +.
can someone explain this to me?
From: howto | Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
there is a site called myphoneblaster.com that lets you send any mp3 file to any number. already has rickroll as an option! classic.
From: Ferenczy | Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
he he….
Nice try bro, but you should really brush up on your Norwegian skills
As a norwegian I will allow myself, in this case, to be a smartass.
the things you said would be understood, but it is damn comical. And the swearing part may just fit in between the years 1939 to 1950…
The english equivalent of this might be something outa the Borat movie
From: dd | Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
its 8/19 and the line is disconnected
From: AWESOME! | Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
so yeah i felt that the norweigeans were all feelin bad beacuse they had a piss load of americans blasting shit at the in the morning so i decided to brighten up there spirits with dont stop belivin by journey lol props to me may they feel better roflmao
From: misseducation | Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
it would be cool if there were any video or at least sound recordings of what it sounds like when the sound comes out!
From: Farbror Melker | Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
Here for some up to date Norwegian swearwords:
Fuck - Faen
Hell - Helvete
Pussy - Fitte
Dick - Pikk
Asshole - Rasshøl
Idiot - George W. Bush
From: Kix | Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
Alex: Your norwegian translations are all wrong!
Here’s the correct translations:
it is six thirty time to get up!!= Klokken er seks tretti. På tide å stå opp!!
Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down…= Skal aldri gi deg opp, skal aldri skuffe deg.
From: selmisha | Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
Two words- Hanson- mmmbob
victory is mine.
From: Amy | Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
479 is the area code for the northwest corner of Arkansas, too.
From: smart guy | Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
how do u know it is real what if it is a fake picture and he is just messing with u huh
From: smart guy | Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
this is fake it just a warning speaker for weather or military atacks
From: harleyblues | Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
what is the price of a call from California?
lol pretty cool idea..but does it work and who is listening~
hb~
From: lol | Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
you guys are funny lmfao xD
From: Crysta | Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
As hilarious as that is, it’s kind of rude. Would you like to be woken up to someone screaming into the phone and projecting it everywhere?
Though, it’d be hilarious for someone to grab like a brass instrument and just blast into the phone.
From: ORAquabat | Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
OMG @Vertigo… that would be AWESOME.
From: kaytie and brendan! | Aug 21, 2008 | Reply
we called the operator and asked for norway.
“no, i dont know about that THING.”
rude.
From: Sophie | Aug 22, 2008 | Reply
Sweet! Of course it was the Swed’s that thought of it! I’m going to tell my best friend bout it since she’s staying in Sweden! I wonder what she’ll hear if she visits!
From: Sun | Aug 22, 2008 | Reply
Hmmmmmm…
From: FurryDonkeyy | Aug 23, 2008 | Reply
Yeah I called and got some woman’s phone…
“Hey, thanks for your call just leave your number and I’ll get back to you”
From: johnny t | Aug 23, 2008 | Reply
HAHAHA ED GEIN!!!
From: jim | Aug 23, 2008 | Reply
I ReichRolled ‘em! Much better than the rickroll.Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7kE1Vte2iM
From: lees | Aug 23, 2008 | Reply
i dialed the number correctly and some evil man said it didn’t exist.
From: Lucy Loo | Aug 24, 2008 | Reply
Riiiiiiicola!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: Jabulon | Aug 24, 2008 | Reply
im from norway, never heard of this. but hope its real. dont think so, as such a project would get alot of media attention over here. could be tho. or it could be a scam to get cash
From: Jeff | Aug 24, 2008 | Reply
im about to play “sweet transvestite” from rocky horror over it mwahahaha
From: Weneolan | Aug 24, 2008 | Reply
A little more difficult to Photoshop this, I should think:
http://www.vimeo.com/1514296
From: buginafug | Aug 24, 2008 | Reply
I would love to see you get blasted by a Thunderbolt siren.
From: Phoenix | Aug 25, 2008 | Reply
Rung up and played “Hey Jude” on my trumpet. Then said, “Hey y’all, from Mebane, North Carolina!”
What fun, I wish there was a site so you could hear what they in norway hear.
From: Sarah | Aug 25, 2008 | Reply
Im calling from canada but it didnt go through… do i need a country code or something? my rellies are in norway (:
From: blah blah | Aug 25, 2008 | Reply
omg hellz yeah!!!!!
but now i really wana rick roll a country…..
From: Just me | Aug 25, 2008 | Reply
I played them What A Wonderful Day by Louis Armstrong.
From: Lalo Márquez | Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
Wow! That’s a odd one. Thank you for sharing, I’ll write about the telemegaphone in my blog. Best regards.
From: Northern hospitality | Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
I`m Norwegian and did a quick “google.no” search.
I think the audience must make an effort in order to listen, it`s not like you`d wake anybody up..
!!Newsflash!!—-> you don`t “rickroll” an entire country just because the speaker`s not located on American soil!!
,probably just some random tourist walking across some remote hill (and if so, what an awesomely random and unexpected experience.)
From: Rashley | Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
So, here`s a video from the locals, responding to the very hilarious “rick-rolling”.
[link removed by admin]
but I`d suggest that you DO NOT click the link.
From: kock boggler | Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
I rang then pressed my recall button and hung up… it’s permantnetly ringing me back now, shows over.
From: Albert | Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
Oh my gosh. According to Sid, I just spent $1175
From: fastpoke | Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
rules 1&2 ehjay
I hope terrible things happen to you
From: Ramtha | Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
-sigh- my phone was “not” permitted to make that phone call. What the hell is that noise?
I was going to play them this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAwR6w2TgxY
LAME!
From: Tobias | Aug 27, 2008 | Reply
Oh, that’s hillarious, haha.
I’m Norwegian, and just found out where I’m going next weekend.
I love those Norwegian sentences you’ve got there, even though they’re as auto-translated as they get
Particularly those swearwords. The norwegian translations sound like cursing 200 years ago, hehe. Still kinda nice though.
From: dtimoney | Aug 27, 2008 | Reply
useful!
From: Anna | Aug 27, 2008 | Reply
Can someone please find the validity of this thing?
From: Champ | Aug 28, 2008 | Reply
I Bababooeyed ‘em!
From: ichats | Aug 28, 2008 | Reply
Thinking of calling them into a 1 hour conference call on really boring middle manager discussions…..
From: DavidT | Aug 28, 2008 | Reply
I think I might play Rise of the Valkyrie mixed with an army walking. they will think it’s 1939 again lol. Only joking, thats a bit crude. But seriously i think we should get james earl jones to be either the voice of god or darth vader at about 4 in the morning!
From: bambi | Aug 28, 2008 | Reply
i know a song that’ll get on your nerves…
From: Anonymous | Aug 28, 2008 | Reply
we need a web cam on this thing with working sound from where the tower is…
From: didley | Aug 28, 2008 | Reply
LOL i know everyone sais we aren’t in a recession but seriously look around.
From: Anon | Aug 29, 2008 | Reply
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have just RickRolled the hell out of Norway.
From: juggalo4life | Aug 29, 2008 | Reply
i played some insane clown posse and twiztid at full blast for about 20 minutes
From: Ash | Aug 29, 2008 | Reply
according to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_misconceptions
(which of course i’m not sure is that reliable)
duck’s quacks do echo, but can sometimes not be heard under certain circumstances.
From: smore658 | Aug 29, 2008 | Reply
this is a scam…it is not real…you are all idiots to believe this…
From: bambi | Sep 2, 2008 | Reply
yes, but is it not more fun to just imagine that it does work than ruin people’s fun?
bet you thought for a second about what you would do!
From: Anonymous | Sep 6, 2008 | Reply
Except that it IS real, WIRED did an article on it, as well as many other sites. Just type ‘telemegaphone’ into Google search.
From: Amanda | Sep 7, 2008 | Reply
I’m thinking about calling and reading selections from the Edda, and then asking for help on pronunciation!
From: regular john | Sep 8, 2008 | Reply
Played Queens of the Stone Age - Medicine in full throttle @ them
From: kyle | Sep 11, 2008 | Reply
so….why is it only up to september 20th? what happens after that? done for good?
From: tyler | Sep 11, 2008 | Reply
@kyle, I think after Sept 20th, telemegaphone Dale will be done for good. That’s how installations work, they go up for a short while for people to enjoy, then they are disassembled and a new piece begins.
From: Cathrine | Sep 27, 2008 | Reply
Yeah we do speake English here, very good English as well.
From: Chris | Sep 30, 2008 | Reply
Now that it’s been established that English is understood in Norway, I think I’ll call up the telemegaphone from the speakerphone in the US House of Representatives. Those inanities might sound better when booming across the fjord!
From: Theodore Gifford | Oct 3, 2008 | Reply
Wouldn’t “I Can Hear You” be a more appropriate TMBG song for this?
From: Kjell | Oct 6, 2008 | Reply
Dude, English is compulsory in Norwegian schools. We speak, read and write it better than most other people who have English as a primary language due to better schools…
From: anon | Oct 7, 2008 | Reply
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bt.no%2Flokalt%2Fsf%2Farticle603711.ece&sl=no&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
translated ^_^
From: juggalettefreek | Oct 30, 2008 | Reply
@ juggalo4life, i wish i would have seen this before october 31st i would have totally blasted some ICP to norway. spread the juggalo love.