My son found out that I have VOIP (voice over Internet telephony) on my phone, and that he can basically call anywhere in the entire world for free. This is great news to a kid who regularly used up all the credit on his phone making crank calls with his school friends. For example, they'd call up Dominos Pizza and ask if they had coconut pizza. They would laugh for hours.
Mikey, who loves languages, is practicing his Turkmen and calling Turkmenistan to find an obscure recording. He just called the Grand Sheraton Hotel in Ashgabat, the capital, and had a lively convesation with the reception desk.
"I need to order a CD," he explained.
"Oh, you can't order CDs online in Turkmenistan," she explained. This would make sense, I guess, seeing that the country is not democratic. I guess it's lucky my son could even get a call through.
Is there any place you'd like Mikey to call? Tell him what to ask too. We'll get back to you.
In the meantime, the search continues for the elusive Turkmenistan recording (below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzm6_P1VLgo
Mikey says:
"I know this record may seem crap to the Western ear but oh well, it interests me."
1 comments:
Vatican city?
How's his Latin? maybe he could ask them for a takeaway order of those delicious crackers... ;)
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