How Call Display Ruined Everything

When Stomping Tom was a boy, phones were black and they had a dial on them. They didn't have anything fancy about them.There was no display window of any sort on the device that would show you any information at all, including an incoming number. There was no such thing as Call Display back in the day, kids, and as a result you had many who practiced the now lost art of prank phone calls. You don't have to go that far back. Stomping Tom came to my hometown in the late 80s and the phones were simple and so were we and the results were astoundingly awesome.I have a very good friend who I have spoken of before here quite a bit. Frank’s parents’ house was our gathering place for many summers back in the day. The juvenile pranks and needling that occurred during those years are legendary in our circles and Frank was usually the lead trickster fox.The jokes range from the very simple yet still hilarious to the complicated stings that ensnared everyone in his web.A sampling.- he ca...