Chatter
"There's just a lot of chatter in the system again," one senior administration official said.
"We are actively pursuing it and trying to see what's going on here." -- Washington Times, May 18, 2002
[ringing]
Speaker 1 (unidentified male): Hello?
Speaker 2 (unidentified male): Mamoud?
Speaker 1: Yes?
Speaker 2: Where are you?
Speaker 1: I'm on the bus.
Speaker 2: Can you hear me?
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: What's the status on [unintelligible]
Speaker 1: What? I couldnšt hear you.
Speaker 2: Are you near a window?
Speaker 1: Yeah. I told you, I'm on the bus.
Speaker 2: Well, what happened? You faded.
Speaker 1: Sorry, we went through a tunnel.
Speaker 2: Which one?
Speaker 1: By the interstate.
Speaker 2: Yeah? Good target?
Speaker 1: . . . Nah. No buildings, low traffic.
Speaker 2: Oh.
Speaker 1: What do you need?
Speaker 2: What's Hamid's status?
Speaker 1: Beats me. I haven't seen him.
Speaker 2: Has he called?
Speaker 1: No.
Speaker 2: Hešs probably trying to call you.
Speaker 1: What? I can barely hear you.
Speaker2: I said, hešs probably trying to call you.
Speaker 1: He hasn't yet.
Speaker 2: He's supposed to call you.
Speaker 1: Well, he hasn't.
Speaker 2: Do you have call waiting on that thing?
Speaker 1: No. It was extra. Only a few people have my number; it didn't seem worth it.
Speaker 2: You'd better hang up and see if he calls.
Speaker 1: OK.
Speaker 2: Call me back after you talk to him.
Speaker 1: OK.
[end transcript]
[ringing]
Speaker 1 (unidentified male): Hello?
[static]
Speaker 1: Hello?
[static]
Speaker 1: (unidentified male): Mamoud? You there?
[static, three beeps]
Speaker 1: It's Hamid. Can you hear me?
[static]
Speaker 1: I'll call you back.
[end transcript]
[ringing]
Speaker 1 (unidentified male): Hello?
Speaker 2 (unidentified male): Mamoud?
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: It's Hamid.
Speaker 1: Hey.
Speaker 2: I've been trying to call you all morning.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Rahim said youšd call.
Speaker 2: Did you talk to him?
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Did he sound mad?
Speaker 1: No. He said you were supposed to call.
Speaker 2: Tell him I tried to call. The line was busy.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Probably because you were talking to him.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I'll tell him.
[sound of running water]
Speaker 2: Are you in the bathroom?
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: That's really gross.
Speaker 1: Well, what do you want? I answered your call, didn't I?
Speaker 2: Just tell Rahim I called, OK?
Speaker 1: OK.
Speaker 2: You're sure he wasnšt mad?
Speaker 1: I don't think so.
Speaker 2: Tell him it's not my fault.
Speaker 1: OK.
Speaker 2: You were on the phone. Don't you have call waiting?
Speaker 1: No. It's extra.
Speaker 2: How much do you pay for that thing?
Speaker 1: $29.99 a month.
Speaker 2: What a rip-off. Don't you even get voicemail?
Speaker 1: No. I get 200 free minutes every week, though.
Speaker 2: Nights and weekends?
Speaker 1: Anytime.
Speaker 2: . . . That is pretty good.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I've been thinking about upgrading though.
Speaker 2: Well, if you did, you wouldn't miss my calls.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: So tell Rahim I called you like I said I would.
Speaker 1: OK, I'll tell him.
[end transcript]
[ringing]
Speaker 1 (unidentified male): Hello?
Speaker 2 (unidentified male): Rahim?
Speaker 1: Yeah. Mamoud?
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Did Hamid call?
Speaker 2: Yeah, he called.
Speaker 1: What did he say?
Speaker 2: He said he'd been trying to call.
Speaker 1: Sure he had.
Speaker 2: What do you mean?
Speaker 1: I bet he didn't bust his ass trying.
Speaker 2: He said he tried, but my phone was busy.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 2: Probably because I was talking to you.
Speaker 1: He is so full of shit.
Speaker 2: [laughs]
Speaker 1: Don't you think so?
Speaker 2: Yeah. Loser -- [sound of screeching tires]
Speaker 1: Mamoud? You there?
Speaker 2: [unintelligible]
Speaker 1: Mamoud? You all right?
Speaker 2: Yeah. [unintelligible] damn women drivers.
Speaker 1: Everything OK?
Speaker 2: Yeah. I better go. I'm on the highway.
Speaker 1: OK.
Speaker 2: I'll call you when I get home.
Speaker 1: OK.
[end transcript]
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