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Old 06-08-2005, 06:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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"some of his friends may have crank-called former President Clinton"

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/celebri.../0608jose.html
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Palm Beach troubadour Jimmy Buffett is facing Paris Hilton-esque embarrassment.

No, not the sex tapes. In Buffett's case, it's the cellphone, silly!

According to a police report, a busboy in a Delray Beach eatery found Buffett's cell and kept it for a week. After coaxing by Buffett's staff and even wife, Jane Buffett, went awry, it took a visit from Lake Worth cops and a U.S. Secret Service agent to the home of busboy Jason Martin on June 4 for Buffett to get the phone back.

Problem is: The fancy Ericsson's memory card with the names, phone numbers and some addresses of dozens of big-deal Buffett buds is missing.

It may be time for Democratic giants Bill Clinton, Al Gore and Jimmy Carter; country music stars Clint Black, George Strait and Alan Jackson; rap-reggae star Cam'ron; actors George Clooney, Michael Douglas and Harrison Ford; and Microsoft supergeek Bill Gates to change their numbers. Martin says all their info is on the microchip.

"We were sitting around smoking weed and strolling down the list on Jimmy's phone, going 'Wow!' " Martin told Page Two. He said he didn't call anyone on the list. But according to the police report, Martin said some of his friends may have crank-called former President Clinton.

Martin, 22, said he found the $500 phone at 4 a.m. May 29 outside the Cuban joint Brisa Atlantica. Buffett was spotted going wild on the dance floor earlier that morning. No one seemed to miss the phone until May 30, when a Buffett minion dialed the cellphone's number, and Martin answered.

"He said I was a thief and a liar," Martin said. "Then I called Jane's number, and she was nasty to me. So I told them I wouldn't give it back."

When a $200 reward didn't help, the country cross-over singer of It's Five O'Clock Somewhere called the restaurant for help, he told Page Two Monday. Brisa owner Israel Torres then fired Martin and called the cops. Because of the Clinton and Carter entries in the memory, WPB-based Secret Service agent Tim Sturgell also responded. Martin gave the cell back, sans SIM card.

Secret Service spokesman Steve Caruso said there is no active investigation involving Buffett. Lake Worth police didn't return calls for comment, and neither did staff for Clinton, Carter, Clooney and Black. Martin, whose criminal record includes a marijuana-related conviction, wasn't arrested.

"It's a person's worst nightmare," Buffett said. "I had probably left the phone on the restaurant table, but I got it back."

The chip? "There wasn't much on it," he said. "Although whoever had the phone may have called a couple of my contacts." He didn't elaborate, then claimed to have locked the phone's keyboard with a password.

"Not true," Martin said. "I wonder if Jimmy really knows how these things work."
If I had just seen the text of the article, I would have guessed it was from The Onion. So, here's the question with a twist: If you were found a cell phone with numbers of a bunch of celebrities and politicians, and you wouldn't get in trouble, who would you call? I don't want to turn this into a political thing, but I'd call Bill and thank him for his service to the country, and then bitch at him about everything he did that I didn't like until he hung up on me. I'd have a tape recorder nearby and hope he swore at me so I could post a sound clip on the Internet
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Old 06-08-2005, 07:36 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Well, in a slightly similar situation, I never did.

This may not do much to help you prevent this from turning into a political thread, and it will certainly out me to any of my friends that peruse these boards, because they've all heard the story before.

Twas the night before the NAFTA vote, and all through the House of Representatives, all the creatures were stirring. It was the night of the House debate on NAFTA, a was a media frenzy, and the the place was was bustling late into the night, after a very long day. Because all the tv people were there, most congressman were too. This was not at all usual for just debates. All the then-living presidents had come out in favor of it, and people were saying "anything that Ross Perot, Jesse Jackson, and Pat Buchanan are against cannot be all that bad an idea." But the President, joined by most Republicans, was just right on the line for having enough votes for it to pass.

There I was, just a lowly page, answering phones.

"House Democratic Cloakroom, this is [Dy156]"

"This is the White House and I have the President on the line. He needs to speak with Chairman Rose."


(gulp)
"I'll find him, can I put you on hold?"

"Sure"


I race around trying to find Chairman Rose, a man with gray hair and glasses whose face I had had to memorize when I got there.
(wait, did I just put the president on hold.. no, just an operator.)

Continued searching frantically and asking about him, but to no avail.

Finally, I pick up the line.
"Uhm ma'am...

"Hold on.."
--beep

"Ma'am, he's not on the floor, or in the cloakroom, and I even checked the speakers' lobby and the Rayburn room. I asked around, and it seems he's just not here."

(in that famous southern Arkansas drawl)
"Just have him call me at ###-#### if you see him." --beep

"Did you get that?"


(wait, did I just call the President 'ma'am'?! I thought I was talking to the operator!)
"Yes I did, and I'll make sure to give him this massage as soon as I see him."

"thank you"
--click.

I told my boss about the call and to really keep a lookout for Mr. Rose, because he had a message from the President.

"Lemme' see that, that's not the white house number, they all start with ###!"

"well, it sure sounded like it was him."

"hold on, lemme' check something."


A few minutes later..

"Yep, that's a White House number, but it's a private residence line"

So I gave him the messsge, but not before I wrote down the, or at least one of the, White House residence lines. I kept it with me for awhile, just in case, and because I thought it was kinda cool, but thankfully never gave in to temptation to drunk dial that number, even years later.
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Old 06-08-2005, 11:44 PM   #3 (permalink)
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So I gave him the messsge, but not before I wrote down the, or at least one of the, White House residence lines. I kept it with me for awhile, just in case, and because I thought it was kinda cool, but thankfully never gave in to temptation to drunk dial that number, even years later.
Jesus Christ, you've not had nearly enough to drink during your possession of The Number. I woulda ran straight to the liquor store for some liquid courage, and made sure all my friends were there when I called him up.

Or I think I would; you never know what you have the balls to do untill the oppurtunity actually presents itself.
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Old 06-09-2005, 01:08 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I would have called him on a weekend and (pretending to be the Secret Service) warned him that Hillary was returning early.

In fact, maybe somebody DID do something like that. We never got a believable story about how he screwed up his leg when he was partying with Greg Norman.

Jumping out of windows will do it.
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Old 06-09-2005, 05:16 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I'm a big fan of Jimmy Buffett. Don't know if I'd return his cell phone or not...on one hand, it'd be the gentlemanly-thing to do. On the other...it'd be really cool to personally have Jimmy Buffett's cell phone.

In a somewhat-related side note, my best friend's brother's number was in Paris Hilton's phone. Weird how celebrities get around.
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Old 06-09-2005, 05:31 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Man that sucks.

1. That someone who worked with/for Buffett would call the phone and call him a thief and a liar instead of, 'Come on over, bring the phone, we'll have some margarita's'.

2. Ditto for his wife, although I can understand that one a LITTLE better, since she's getting a call out of nowhere. But still a 'Hey, I'm the dude with Jimmy's phone' shouldn't be met with nasty.

Who knows... maybe Clinton called up Jimmy and said, 'Hey man, these guys are calling me asking for Monica's phone number. What's up?'

Anyway... what a disappointment that Jimmy Buffett's camp didn't handle it better.

Sigh.
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Old 06-09-2005, 07:41 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I came across a certain list a few years back and called the White House situation room using a buddy's cellphone -- they're direct, normal phone numbers, and subject to the same accidental misdials as any other phone line. I'm sure even if you had called the number, nobody would have thought anything of it.
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Old 06-09-2005, 09:05 PM   #8 (permalink)
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"It's a person's worst nightmare," Buffett said.
Yea, I wake up in cold sweat in sheer terror everynight because I'm afraid I will lose my cellphone when I head out.
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Old 06-11-2005, 08:19 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Yea, I wake up in cold sweat in sheer terror everynight because I'm afraid I will lose my cellphone when I head out.
Right... the thing we all did perfectly fine without up until a few years ago, we now have to turn around and go back for if we forget it at home.

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Old 06-12-2005, 08:55 AM   #10 (permalink)
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I wouldn't call the numbers, but I would write them down and keep them. You never know when one of them might prove handy.
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