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A couple on a radio prank

jenna8984jenna8984 member
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edited July 2014 in Chit Chat

The local radio show does "ball buster" where someone sets up a friend/ spouse on a prank phone call. It's normally pretty funny because the person will start freaking out thinking they are being fired for skipping work or something like that. Well this morning's the girl said "We're getting married in December and his parents are extremely strict and religious". So she called him and said "Babe guess what? I'm 2 months pregnant, isn't that great?!" And the guy literally flipped out about the wedding and her belly showing and his parents disowning him and how they need to keep it a secret. He went on for a solid 2 minutes of negativity and how his parents were going to kill him, and not once did he say anything like yay, I can't wait, I'm so excited, how are you feeling, I love you.

  The girl laughed it off and told him it was a joke. But I just kept thinking how I could never be with someone like him! Seriously concerned MORE about his parent's reaction than with his fiance and their "baby". That's going to be fun taking a backseat to the in laws for the rest of her life.

                                                                 

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  • thisismynickname2thisismynickname2 member
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    I wonder if she was having suspicions, which is why she pranked him.  Perhaps she's looking for a way out of the relationship.

    Don't ask questions for which you don't want answers.....

    Ugh.  
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  • bethsmilesbethsmiles member
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    Wow...I would be so uncomortable listening to that.


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  • kat1114kat1114 member
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    Most (if not all) radio prank calls are fake. FCC rules prohibit stations from broadcasting a telephone conversation unless they tell the party on the line ahead of time. But sadly, I'm sure there are people out there who would be more concerned about their parent's reactions to such news than their own FI's feelings.


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  • VulgarGirlVulgarGirl member
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    Whenever I hear these (we've had a few morning shows do various versions) I always wonder if the "unsuspecting" prankee is actually aware of what is going on. They just always react so well, I wouldn't be surprised if he had a heads up from her she was going to do this so he played it just right.
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  • mysticlmysticl member
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    kat1114 said:
    Most (if not all) radio prank calls are fake. FCC rules prohibit stations from broadcasting a telephone conversation unless they tell the party on the line ahead of time. But sadly, I'm sure there are people out there who would be more concerned about their parent's reactions to such news than their own FI's feelings.


    I know most of the calls on the radio stations I've listened to are pre-recorded.  They don't air them live.  
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  • AddieCakeAddieCake member
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    I hate radio pranks. I hate radio DJ games, banter, pranks, or anything at all like that.
    What did you think would happen if you walked up to a group of internet strangers and told them to get shoehorned by their lady doc?~StageManager14
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  • kat1114kat1114 member
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    mysticl said:
    kat1114 said:
    Most (if not all) radio prank calls are fake. FCC rules prohibit stations from broadcasting a telephone conversation unless they tell the party on the line ahead of time. But sadly, I'm sure there are people out there who would be more concerned about their parent's reactions to such news than their own FI's feelings.


    I know most of the calls on the radio stations I've listened to are pre-recorded.  They don't air them live.  
    Even if it's recorded for a later segment, I think you still have to tell the person before you record the conversation. Not to say that these calls still aren't sort of entertaining... I just don't think they are remotely real.
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  • jenna8984jenna8984 member
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    Yea they definitely air it after it's been recorded so they can edit out any swears. I'm sure at the end when they tell the person it's a joke they likely tell them to stay on the line and give permission to use the recording. It probably doesn't matter if permission is given before or after the conversation. 

    Some of them I definitely don't think are staged. This guy called his wife the other day and pretended that he "forgot" to book the Disney hotel for next week. She started flipping out saying "you never remember anniversaries, or the kids' birthdays, but you sure remember the baseball stats! My mother is right- you're a jackass!" That probably really hurt his feelings. I honestly can't think of anything I could say to my FI that would get him to say something like that. He's the type not to get mad, but be like "oh well, what can ya do?" haha 

                                                                     

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    kat1114 said:
    mysticl said:
    kat1114 said:
    Most (if not all) radio prank calls are fake. FCC rules prohibit stations from broadcasting a telephone conversation unless they tell the party on the line ahead of time. But sadly, I'm sure there are people out there who would be more concerned about their parent's reactions to such news than their own FI's feelings.


    I know most of the calls on the radio stations I've listened to are pre-recorded.  They don't air them live.  
    Even if it's recorded for a later segment, I think you still have to tell the person before you record the conversation. Not to say that these calls still aren't sort of entertaining... I just don't think they are remotely real.
    In some states you can record a call provided one of the people on the call is aware it is being recorded. So in those cases the pranker would be the one to give consent to it being recorded. Then they would get the prankee's permission to air the call.  
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  • kat1114kat1114 member
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    Yeah, some states allow one party to consent for a recording. But radio is governed by FCC laws, so those would trump the state law.
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  • mrscatymrscaty member
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    I'm not a lawyer, but doesn't The consent thing apply only to admitting the recording as evidence in a court of law? I know where I live, radios have the same prank thing and they have a disclaimer "this prank was pre - recorded with permission granted by all parties"
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    AddieCake said:
    I hate radio pranks. I hate radio DJ games, banter, pranks, or anything at all like that.
    Yes yes yes! I could not agree more. 
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    In his defense, I think a lot of people have a similar reaction when an unplanned pregnancy occurs. But, he should have eventually calmed down and actually talked to her.  Also, I know my FI would be pissed if I gave him news like that over the phone. 

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    emmaaa said:
    In his defense, I think a lot of people have a similar reaction when an unplanned pregnancy occurs. But, he should have eventually calmed down and actually talked to her.  Also, I know my FI would be pissed if I gave him news like that over the phone. 
    Yea but I feel like if you're getting married you've figured out whether or not you both want kids. We don't want them for a few years but if it accidentally happened now, he would still be excited and not act like a 15 year old who knocked up a one night stand.  I could understand him being unprepared but the fact that he cared so much about his parent's opinion I thought was so weird.

                                                                     

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    jenna8984 said:
    emmaaa said:
    In his defense, I think a lot of people have a similar reaction when an unplanned pregnancy occurs. But, he should have eventually calmed down and actually talked to her.  Also, I know my FI would be pissed if I gave him news like that over the phone. 
    Yea but I feel like if you're getting married you've figured out whether or not you both want kids. We don't want them for a few years but if it accidentally happened now, he would still be excited and not act like a 15 year old who knocked up a one night stand.  I could understand him being unprepared but the fact that he cared so much about his parent's opinion I thought was so weird.
    I understand your opinion and I get that. But i know I would absolutely care about my parents' opinions. I know if I got pregnant before I was married, they would freak out, not disown me by any means, but they would still be upset. I want my parents and FI's parents to be excited when we get pregnant and they certainly wouldn't be excited, at first, if it was before we got married. I'm not saying that I think it is necessarily wrong, but we were raised by Christian families who wouldn't be fond of it. I know I'm rambling but I just feel that this isn't an unusual reaction for some people.

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    ladygoldfish said:
    I'm not a lawyer, but doesn't The consent thing apply only to admitting the recording as evidence in a court of law? I know where I live, radios have the same prank thing and they have a disclaimer "this prank was pre - recorded with permission granted by all parties"
    In this case, the consent issue matters because the FCC says it does, and the FCC governs how radio stations across the US operate. 

    As far as consent outside the radio context, if a wiretap laws requires consent from both parties, it would be illegal to record the conversation, even if you never tried to admit it as evidence in a court. But most states are one-party consent states, so as long as one person knows the call is being recorded, it's legal.
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    @MagicInk - I should think so! 


    Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!

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