{"id":2563,"date":"2025-04-01T15:51:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=2563"},"modified":"2025-04-12T15:55:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T14:55:55","slug":"the-phone-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=2563","title":{"rendered":"The Phone Call"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three renowned scientists\u2014Papaia, Banani, Ravioli\u2014and their assistant Igor work at the NASAL observatory.<br>Papaia remembers that the flight for the conference is in two hours, but upon arriving at the airport, he realizes he hasn\u2019t paid for the ticket, and they miss the flight.<br>Ravioli uses Papaia\u2019s card at a suspicious ATM, and the bank blocks it.<br>Moreover, with their suitcases\u2014too many, open, and broken\u2014they cause chaos wherever they go.<br>The scientists spent the night at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are at the airport, and Papaia is calling customer service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Papaia is on the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operator: Good morning, welcome to the bank&#8217;s customer service. Who am I speaking with?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Papaia: This is Papaia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operator: Perfect, Mr. Papaia. To confirm your identity, I need to ask you a few security questions. Are you ready?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Papaia: Sure, go ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operator: What is your favorite color?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Papaia: Um\u2026 red? No, yellow! Or maybe green\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No, wait, it\u2019s blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It depends on the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, last year it was blue. But I\u2019ve forgotten the year I registered\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Igor: Green, definitely! Like your bank account after meeting Ravioli!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operator: I\u2019m sorry, but the answer is incorrect. Let\u2019s move on to the next question\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Igor: Papaia sounds like a contestant in a sad, low-budget phone quiz show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where if you win, you get your money back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if you lose, they block your bank account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=2560\">Previous<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=2566\">Next<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three renowned scientists\u2014Papaia, Banani, Ravioli\u2014and their assistant Igor work at the NASAL observatory.Papaia remembers that the flight for the conference is in two hours, but upon arriving at the airport, he realizes he hasn\u2019t paid for the ticket, and they miss the flight.Ravioli uses Papaia\u2019s card at a suspicious ATM, and the bank blocks it.Moreover, &#8230; <a title=\"The Phone Call\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=2563\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Phone Call\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episode"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2563"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4309,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563\/revisions\/4309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}