I almost wish I lived in America

So that I could use this groovy little tool . . .

Call The Future.org!!!

No, nonono, I'm not joking - this is a webpage devoted to letting you call somebody in the future. Now, of course, it isn't the sort of thing where you give yourself a buzz and find out tomorrow's lottery numbers, it is an automated dialler that calls a particular number at a particular time.

The site describes itself in the following way:

"CallTheFuture calls the specified number with the given return name.Please understand that this is a demo only and the limit is often maxed out. If so, please try later."

Must be getting popular. To be honest, I can understand why - here's a couple of uses for the service listed on the site:

Giving yourself a business reminder

Setting notification for appointment

Have an emergency reason to leave a meeting

Good stuff. Unfortunately, the things I would use it for are specifically listed as things NOT to do with the free service. They include the following:

Harassing someone

Illegal activities

Anything that common sense tells you not to do

Pfft, how are they going to find out?

"All submissions are logged. Illegal activities will be turned over to the authorities."

Dammit.

You simply enter the desired number, what text to be said, and the time and date of the call. There's even seven different voices you can have read out your message!

Unfortunately, it only works on American numbers. Thus the title of this post. Grrrrr