Has anyone ever sent/recieved a telegram?

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Can you still do this? Should I send a telegram now before it's too late? Do they still do singing telegrams? If so, can you send someone a telegram containing the lyrics to a Journey song?

― Dale the Titled (cprek), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 14:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

Inquired about it once. Very expensive, surprisingly.
Singing telegrams probably less so.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 14:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

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I did it once to a rock star I was trying to kiss up to, no idea if he ever received it as I was too shy to mention it when I finally met him. I think it was $20. They do not do singing telegrams.

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 14:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

Thanks. $20 is pretty steep, but I'm sure it'll make someone's day.

― Dale the Titled (cprek), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 14:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

really, only $20?
hmmm, maybe it's more in Canada because of, uh, NAFTA or something. That doesn't make any sense. Singing telegrams are usually nor REAL telegrams, just glee club drop outs hustling for a buck. You can usually find 'em in the yellow pages under Entertainers. Or possibly Dorks.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 14:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

I got two telegrams last week, one from the water company, one from the gas company, telling me to phone them urgently before they take me to court. Utility companies send telegrams quite frequently (to me, at least).

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 15:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

I don't know if this is disturbing or not:
http://www.afterlifetelegrams.com/AFTERLIFE/

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 15:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

Another question stop When someone recieves a telegram do they still write it without punctuation stop

― Dale the Titled (cprek), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 17:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

wouldn't that be: "write it without punctuation question mark"

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 17:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

you can send a telegram in the form of a giant singing purple chicken!

― amateurist (amateurist), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 17:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

I want someone to send me a 'Posh Tiger' like in that episode of Trigger Happy TV.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 17:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

History's Unsent Telegrams

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 18:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

Image changed to a link by moderator because otherwise the site puts a pornographic bandwidth theft warning in place.

― amateurist (amateurist), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 19:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

i sent a telegram from russia to england. it got there ok but cost the heaven and the earth. also it took about 3 yrs or something. still, it was pretty fun.

― ambrose (ambrose), Thursday, 14 August 2003 08:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

horace that site is truly disturbing!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 14 August 2003 08:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

My father received a telegram informing him of his father's death quite a few decades ago. He taped it onto a piece of paper (the telegram was two pages long, so it took up the whole page) and saved it for posterity's sake. We still have it in a file somewhere in our file cabinet, probably just under Dad's name.

Aside from that, I cannot recall ever having received or sent a telegram.

― Just Deanna (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 14 August 2003 08:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

I received a telegram when I was living in Italy. I thought it was something monumentally serious but actually it was just telling me that I had registered at the university. Seemed a bit of a waste of money on their part.

― Mark C (Mark C), Thursday, 14 August 2003 09:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

"ever"? yes i have. received as well as sent. but i think the last time was at least 5 or 6 years ago. and as of now, i don't actually know what it costs to send a t'gram in my country - but i've been told it's "bloody expensive".

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 14 August 2003 18:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

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