Odd occurence

[sirmartello]

About fifteen minutes ago, my phone rang. Not a number I recognized, but a 972 number, so I consider that it might be a home number for a co-worker, so I answer it, and say "Hello". The female caller immediately starts reading or reciting Shakespeare's 18th sonnet "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" At first, I'm wondering if this might be a

Comments

[scarletmala]

I have three guesses:

1) A truth or dare type scenario in which the dare was to call a random number and, if a male answered, read said sonnet.

2) A secret admirer who wanted to express herself but still remain partially anonymous (next time, block the number).

3) Someone you know had the sonnet stuck in her head and the only way to get it out was to call someone and recite it in full.

[kilbia]

This was partly my fault. I was at one of my twice-monthly RPGs and one of the girls in the crew is a student at the local Performing Arts high school. Apparently part of her assignment over the break was to call random people and recite this. Since another caveat was that hangups didn't count toward her total "quota", I gave her Aaron's number.