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As the calendar turned, the calls (which are now made on cell phones) turned from jokes into conversations between pen pal-like friends. The two talked about life and family -- Cortese about having children and Nolan growing up, to Nolan eventually having a family of his own. After more than 30 years, Nolan, 46, and Cortese, 61, met face-to-face this past New Year's Day. Nolan made his usual call, and asked, "Can you come to the door?" It wasn't a prank (or a surprise, since Nolan made his plans known in a newspaper column last week), but both were thrilled by the experience, which involved a party with Cortese's family, plenty of shared photographs, and Cortese giving Nolan a framed copy of the column. "I've been anticipating it for some time," Cortese said of the meeting. Nolan said it will only enhance the relationship, and he'll keep with tradition by calling Cortese, year in and year out, to catch up on life.
Unfortunately, we learned the hard way that most prank calls don't lead to long-lasting relationships like this. But then again, offer us a couple thousand gold-plated duckies and a willing laugh, and we might be inclined to let the prankster call again. [From: the Chicago Tribune]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsLeila BrillsonJan 5th 2010 10:15AM
Hey guys --
Sorry about the ads. They keep coming up with ways for getting around our filters, and when that happens, we have to delete manually. It's super frustrating, but keep reporting!
Leila
k tJan 5th 2010 9:46AM
this is the electric company calling, we are in the neighborhood and need you to check to see if your refrigerater is running....
....well than you better catch it.
cyndiJan 5th 2010 9:59AM
if you think about it, this man was like a 2nd father to a 10 year old boy, over time they became friends, he helped the mans parents mold him into a good human being, maybe we should all think about how we can mold a youth to turn into someone that can be great, we should help kids whenever we can
kww328Jan 5th 2010 10:01AM
I agree 100%. we should all report those adds and aol should suspend them forever.
Anyway, "is your refrigerator running?" "you better go and catch it." I used to love that one many many years ago.-----------lol------------ha ha ha
HeatherJan 5th 2010 10:03AM
What a cool story. It's nice to start the morning reading something like this. : )
ClaudiaJan 5th 2010 10:15AM
I'm so sick of AOL letting these people put sleezy ads on for free advertisement that I and several people I have talked to are so fed up, we are looking for a better server!
Bill800Jan 5th 2010 10:29AM
Chill out....all you have to do is REPORT them everytime you see one. These people find ways to get around the server and filters and if you change to another server - GUESS WHAT you're going to see the same problem.
isyro07Jan 5th 2010 10:19AM
Awww, this makes me think, there's still good people out there.
Happy ending:)
Pierpoint WindsorJan 5th 2010 10:30AM
Switched, you get five gold plated rubber duckies for this, much cherished and greatly appreciated good news item.Glad the two gents established a nice friendship-Switched editorial staff: PLEASE make yours the voice of positive stories, too much negativity has obviously been destructive in it's bad influence-everyone can benefit from having something to smile about or even shed a tear of joy from such good.....
whateverJan 5th 2010 10:39AM
This was a fantastic story not only did it take me back to when I used to do the same thing when I was a kid along with doorbell ditch. I was 1 of a large bunch of grandkids and my grandparents lived in the same house from the day it was built and it is still in the family long after they have gone. But as kids we would knock and run and I remember the parents would get us kids better almost every time by out witting us. This one time, one neighbor had high hedges on the porch and knew us kids well, he made a little place to sit and hide just around the corner by the front door and just as we started creep up to the door he jumped out and scared the living daylights out of us. And talk about watching the jokes on you and something that has been talked about for 30 years. Caveddragon23 is so right, I loved this story and there should be tons of wonderful comments to this story. Thank you for sharing such beautiful memories and giving some of us a reason to smile. :)
mistyexpressionsJan 5th 2010 10:55AM
One time I got a call late at night asking me if my fridge was running. I told them groggily that yes it was. When they told me to catch it I said sleepily, "Ok". I woke up the next morning with the phone on the floor beside the bed and remembered what had happened. Bet they never had anyone respond the way I did. LOL! :) This here is a heartwarming story. Very nice that these people came together over something so funny.
lachicapelirojaJan 5th 2010 1:20PM
Very cute.
duff420hedJan 14th 2010 1:44AM
I was about 12 and was making prank calls and got this lady that just started laughing so hard and loud. She finally gains some composure and starts yelling for someone named Julie. She then say that's so cute wait a minute here's my grand daughter you two should talk, and we did for over an hour that day. And off and on for the next 7 yrs, her grandmother died and for some strange reason I had never given her my number nor gotten her home number. If she wasn't there Norma(grandma) and I would talk almost as long. Still wonder about Julie.