
via The Smoking Gun
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We've all been where Joshua Basso was on the evening of November 11. A quiet Wednesday night at home, sick of talking trash on Xbox Live, nothing good on Spike-TV, some warmed over Velveeta cooling in the kitchen... what's a swingin' bachelor to do? Then the revelation strikes like a bolt of lightning: "Hey, I know a great way to kill some time! I should repeatedly call 911 and attempt to have phone sex with the dispatcher."
Yeah, you read that one right. The Smoking Gun is reporting that the 29-year-old Basso, a Tampa resident currently living in an area boarding house, has been charged with misdemeanor "misuse of the 911" system. Basso, who originally denied ever placing the four salacious phone calls to unsuspecting dispatcher Vivian Fraunfeld, eventually admitted to police that he "did not think he would get in trouble" for dialing the emergency-only extension. He later revealed that 911 was the only number his cell phone would allow him to call, since he had gone over his monthly minutes allotment. See, I told you we've all been there.
The 911 emergency hotline has long been a bastion of unintentional hilarity. Who can forget would-be first bro Joe McCain's bad traffic 911 call from last year? How about the guy who considered a lack of mustard at Subway to be a matter of life and death? Of course these incidents pale in comparison to young Joshua Basso looking for love in all the wrong places. Flavor Flav would be so proud.