Weird Texts

Some more weird texts sent to my public mobile number by moronic members of the planet’s poluation this morning:

Hi its Emma Bolton could someone ring me bk as u keep taking money off me 4 them that i havent had

Ooookay.

Here’s another:

Could u sms me

and, from the same number 3 hours later:

just an amusement

Weirdos.

This one has to be a wind-up — or from a rugby player:

I’m in love with a hooker. Can I have some free phones?

A hooker? Or a line-back? Or a prop?

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