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Heeeeers Johnny

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23. Wouldn't have mattered anyways

Reply to Islandurp (Reply #18)

Wed Jun 8, 2016, 01:54 PM

Jun 2016

It took me all of 5 seconds Googling to find her direct and work phone number, and her email address.

Actually, displaying the number might have been better than not displaying it.
By showing it on TV, most likely the prank callers would have dialed that number and left it at that.

If it was blurred out, they would have Googled it (like I did), and gotten both phone numbers and email
addy to harass her with

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I think she may be a victim of the "Streisand effect" with this lawsuit. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #2

That could be her plan. Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #5

Well at this point I think her best plan may indeed be to cash in on the publicity train. PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #6

Bad move, Ellen! Quantess Jun 2016 #3

I think if your name is on a sign you place in public you're not quite a "private individual" PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #7

It might actually help a realtor to have a memorable name Quantess Jun 2016 #8

at least she should have asked her first and NOT put the phone number... Phentex Jun 2016 #11

lighten up, francis spanone Jun 2016 #4

I think making fun of someone's name on TV is at a minimum mean. WillowTree Jun 2016 #9

I hate this kind of thing. Kentonio Jun 2016 #10

Yeah, I mean it's not like she could have Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #13

So not changing her name makes her fair game for mockery on national TV? Kentonio Jun 2016 #17

She takes her risks just like anybody else... Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #19

Well let's just say we have very different views on how the world should be. Kentonio Jun 2016 #21

It shouldn't be, but that's the way it's been for awhile now... Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #22

Well, And How RobinA Jun 2016 #16

Both the phone number and the crack about her being in a nursing home are not my idea of funny. Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #12

How is this any different than Jay Leno's wedding announcements? Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #14

The name thing I don't really mind, but putting up her phone number is pretty bad. Islandurp Jun 2016 #18

ok, that I can agree with... Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #20

Wouldn't have mattered anyways Heeeeers Johnny Jun 2016 #23

This seems like a set-up. One might even say -- a boobie trap Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2016 #15

Sounds like a huge tit. romanic Jun 2016 #24