About this tag
The tag 'butt dial' on WindowsForum.com covers accidental cell phone calls, often with unintended consequences. Discussions include high-profile incidents like Rudy Giuliani's butt dial being reported by MSNBC, and a case where a man's butt dial led his wife to mistakenly call a SWAT team to a school. These threads highlight the humorous and serious outcomes of pocket dials, from media coverage to emergency response misunderstandings. The tag is used for sharing news stories and discussing the phenomenon of accidental calls, particularly those involving smartphones and their touchscreens or keypads.
  1. whoosh

    VIDEO Rudy Giuliani's Butt Dial Heard Around the World - The Day That Was | MSNBC

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  2. cybercore

    Butt-dialing mistake sends SWAT team to Winnetka school

    Man sits on phone; wife calls out SWAT team Link Removed January 04, 2011 Worried wife calls police after she thinks her husband is being held hostage In a spectacular misunderstanding sparked by an accidental cell phone call, a worried wife caused SWAT teams to swarm the Winnetka school...
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