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For Liars and Loafers, Cellphones Offer an Alibi

Posted by TimSlavin at June 30, 2004

"Cellphones are chock-full of features like built-in cameras, personalized ring tones and text messaging. They also gave a real boost to Kenny Hall's effort to cheat on his girlfriend.

Mr. Hall, a 20-year-old college student in Denver, decided in March to spend a weekend in nearby Boulder with another woman. He turned to his cellphone for help, sending out a text message to hundreds of other cellphone users in an "alibi and excuse club," a network of 3,400 strangers who help each other skip work, get out of dates or give a loved one the slip."

Something tells Mr. Kenny Hall is a marked man with his many girlfriends. From the New York Times (free registration required). Alibis probably work best if they're not published in a major metropolitan newspaper. The article also describes new cellphone ring tones that simulate honking traffic so, for example, you can call your boss from the beach pretending to be stuck in traffic.

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