What is the most bizarre call you have had?

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I occasionally get unintentional calls on my mobile from 'the pocket', as it were. They are very often late at night (when, I suppose, the callers are out clubbing and I am trying to sleep). I suspect that I am more prone to this because my name begins with 'A' and so I am at the top of many people's Contacts lists. Usually, when answering these calls, I get a random 'party' babble and nobody responding to my "Hello? ... HELLO?? ...". I know what has happened, of course: someone has forgotten to turn their phone off and has slipped it in their back pocket. The intimate interaction between their (possibly very caressable ) backside and the environment has caused certain buttons to be pressed and my number to be dialled! In the UK, we don't need to be concerned about 'received calls' -- they cost us nothing -- elsewhere, of course, this kind of scenario could be an expensive problem! When I receive such involuntary calls, I have tried shouting, I have tried whistling and I have even tried swearing loudly. If the call is to my mobile, it is quite simple to cancel and hang up. If it is to my landline, it seems to be not so easy to cancel (I don't know why). I really am more worried for the caller than for me. It's their bill that will go through the roof! Have you had calls like this (from a back pocket)? How do you deal with them?