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City Phone Greeting Calls Mayor a 'Moron'
Toledo Blade ^ | 2/22/08 | Ignazio Messina

Posted on 02/22/2008 8:33:21 AM PST by shredderman

A Toledo city hall prank at the expense of Mayor Carty Finkbeiner created a downtown whodunit yesterday.

For several hours during the day, the telephone voice mail greeting for the city's purchasing hot line was, "Carty Finkbeiner is a complete moron."

Katerina Bekyarska, a spokesman for Mr. Finkbeiner, said the outgoing message was changed immediately after it was brought to her attention.

"Someone obviously went in and - trying to do a joke, not a very good one - went in and recorded the message," Ms. Bekyarska said.

(Excerpt) Read more at toledoblade.com ...


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KEYWORDS: cityhall; finkbeiner; phonecall; toledo
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This also has audio of the greeting. Enjoy and Semper Fi!
1 posted on 02/22/2008 8:33:22 AM PST by shredderman
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To: shredderman

“The king is a FINK!”.....................


2 posted on 02/22/2008 8:35:14 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: shredderman

The Lone Haranguer...................


4 posted on 02/22/2008 8:36:19 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: shredderman

“Turn blue Knifbeiner!”


5 posted on 02/22/2008 8:38:15 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: shredderman

Someone needs to do this for Berkeley.


6 posted on 02/22/2008 8:41:29 AM PST by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: shredderman
Carty Finkbeiner is a complete moron

Certainly has the name for it.

7 posted on 02/22/2008 8:42:45 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: shredderman

Someone should follow up by sending the Mayor a case of Snickers.


8 posted on 02/22/2008 8:44:28 AM PST by 444Flyer (America's Warriors and Veterans, "I thank my God every time I remember you" (Philippians 1:3).)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Stay sick ova dey!

9 posted on 02/22/2008 8:44:43 AM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: shredderman

The culprit can feel free to move to Boston at any time.


10 posted on 02/22/2008 8:49:49 AM PST by wilco200 (Registered Squirrel)
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To: wilco200

Sorry. For those of you who don’t already know. Take a peek, here....

http://www.mumblesmenino.us/


11 posted on 02/22/2008 8:52:23 AM PST by wilco200 (Registered Squirrel)
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To: I see my hands

“OXNARD?”
“PARMA?”


12 posted on 02/22/2008 8:53:56 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: shredderman

Could have been done better...

Welcome to the City of Toledo Purchasing Department. If you want to speak to our moronic mayor, Carty Finkbeiner, please say, “Carty Finkbeiner is a complete moron, but I want to speak to him anyway...”


13 posted on 02/22/2008 8:56:18 AM PST by Brilliant
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“trying to do a joke, not a very good one”

Buy one moron - get one FREE!


14 posted on 02/22/2008 8:57:01 AM PST by JoJo Gunn (Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
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To: Saoirise

Ping. Do you have a twin who works for the city of Toledo?lol:)


15 posted on 02/22/2008 9:01:40 AM PST by 444Flyer (America's Warriors and Veterans, "I thank my God every time I remember you" (Philippians 1:3).)
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To: shredderman
"Someone obviously went in and - trying to do a joke, not a very good one - went in and recorded the message," Ms. Bekyarska said.

So, Ms. Bekyarska obviously knows a lot of funnier Carty Finkbeiner jokes.

Would be nice if she would share them.

16 posted on 02/22/2008 9:01:59 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: shredderman

Seems pretty obvious their voicemail system still had its default password of “1111” or “1234” in place.


17 posted on 02/22/2008 9:07:06 AM PST by montag813
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

18 posted on 02/22/2008 9:12:38 AM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: wilco200

Easy on Mumbles. He’s got an alcatraz around his neck.


19 posted on 02/22/2008 9:14:59 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: shredderman

Walks like duck, quacks like duck...


20 posted on 02/22/2008 9:15:10 AM PST by Clemenza (Ronald Reagan was a "Free Traitor", Like Me ;-))
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