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To: DallasBiff
Years before he started Apple, Steve Wozniak was into phone "phreaking". Using his knowledge of the telephone system, he could make calls anywhere, for however long, for free.

Woz had an idea. He was going to phreak the Vatican. Was going to make his voice sound like Henry Kissinger and then talk to the pope. The stunt was working until some priest along the chain said "your accent is not Henry Kissinger" before hanging up. Woz never got to talk to the pope.

One night in college, I decided I'd try to pull off what Wozniak couldn't. I found the Vatican's main phone line and called it.

Disguising my voice to sound like Bill Clinton's, I said that I was the President of the United States and that there some matters I had to talk with John Paul II about.

I got as far as the pope's residence. On the other end of the line was another priest. I said I was Bill Clinton and had to speak with His Holiness

Once again, I was told that my accent was fake before the priest hung up on me. But that I got so close to talking with JPII is something I'll always be proud of :-)

19 posted on 09/18/2023 6:27:16 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (America will need de-liberalization just as Germany had de-nazification.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

They were probably suspicious from the start. Bill Clinton would not call the pope by a normal phone line.


30 posted on 09/19/2023 5:42:04 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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