“Think You Have The Wrong Number, But You’re Right”: 50 Texts That Might Make You Laugh
We've come a long way since the days of smoke signals and homing pigeons. 98% of Americans own a mobile phone. Five billion people worldwide send and receive text messages. Texting is actually one of the most commonly used forms of communication in the world, second to phone calls.
Hearing that beep and reading a text can elicit a range of emotions. Anger, confusion, happiness, relief, excitement, sadness and sometimes, extreme amusement. Have you ever received a text so hilarious you just had to screenshot and share it? I know I have.
With billions of texts sent every day, there's bound to be an endless supply of side-splitting screenshots. Bored Panda has compiled a list of some of the funniest, as shared by r/me_irl and r/ComedyHeaven. We also took a trip back in time to find out where texting began and how it's managed to stand the test of time.
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I respectfully disagree. I got my s**t together once. Then I forgot where I put it. Lol. Also, acting like an adult is way way way overrated. In my humble (and childish) opinion.
Load More Replies...Imagine a time before text messaging existed. Depending on your age, it might seem unreal. But the good old SMS hasn’t actually been around very long. On 3 December 1992, a man called Neil Papworth stunned the world by sending the first ever text message.
The 22-year-old software programmer used his computer to send a simple “Merry Christmas” to his colleague’s mobile phone across town, and our lives were never the same again. One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind indeed.
Since then, trillions of texts are sent every year. And if it weren’t for Papworth and his team, we might never have been able to enjoy some of the hilarious gems seen here.
Can I speak to Frog? Change is good and critters are groovy. Not poetics, but good for my moody 🥰
Some of these texts are so funny a few people might even be willing to pay for them… And it wouldn’t be the first time a text message is sold. In 2021, Vodafone sold Papworth’s first historic sms for more than 115,000 Dollars. The text was turned into a Non Fungible Token and auctioned in Paris. More on NFTs here.
“The selling of intangible goods is not legal in France and so the auction house has packaged the text message in a digital frame, displaying the code and communication protocol,” the auction house told Reuters at the time. The proceeds of the auction were donated to the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR.
Don’t get to be a zillionaire by being generous, kind, or a decent human
As an alien overlord he has no concept of Santa. That's how you know that, while he's an alien, he isn't originally from Mars. *sits back to see who gets the reference*
His gold digging girlfriend won’t let him. She needs more money for plastic surgery and lip fillers!
He really does look like a gentleman. I’m glad Bruce recognizes that.
I wonder what business he'd have gone into if he had a different last name.
Load More Replies...Just so we’re clear, Papworth did not invent the sms. “I simply sent the first text message,” he wrote on his website. “The Short Message Service (SMS) was defined by the GSM Association. I helped develop and test the software, got it working on site, and had the honor of sending the first one to prove that it was working!”
Listens to Pink Floyd, doesn't know how to set a washing machine. Seems like my type of dad.
And the washing machine goes "Round and around"? 🎵 or maybe the caller "wish you were here"? 🎵 and say to the t-shirt "Welcome to the machine" 🎵 or "One of these days" I🎵 will learn this! Just don't mix "Any colour you like" 🎵 🤷♂️
Load More Replies...Darn it! It used to say Beige Floyd. Must have washed it with the reds again.
We don't need no education. We don't need no wash control.
ok, so put your tshirt in the washing machine, chose the pink floyd program, launch the machine, go listen dsotm
Roget should add that to the lasagna synonyms. Fun with your new Thesaurus!
Does door dash send texts that say "This text is related to a Door Dash order." Or is that John trying to go viral?
GSM had begun working on a text message system in the 1980s, long before Papworth hit send. It was meant to be a way for networks to communicate with their clients. “Initially the idea was for them to use it essentially as a paging service - no-one had any idea how gigantic the texting phenomenon would become,” wrote Papworth. And what a phenomenon it’s become…
Studies show Americans check their phones around 96 times a day. That’s once every ten minutes. And Forbes reported that around 270,000 text messages are sent every second!
Thanks, had problems understanding the second name.
Load More Replies...The most annoying thing about spelling names this way is that the parents do it because they think somehow makes their child special or unique. The last thing we need is more humans with main character syndrome.
And they do not consider what a pain the a*s it will be for both them and their children to be constantly correcting people about the spelling of their names when filling out paperwork, creating e-mail address, etc.
Load More Replies...Ni fyddent yn galw enwau eu plant fel 'na. 😉
Load More Replies...As someone with a different spelling (what I consider a normal spelling) of the first name mentioned (the one on the left), I am annoyed but also amused.I also feel bad for those girls and really hope they do not have dyslexia. If they ever meet other girls/women with the shorter spellings of those names, I bet they'd wish their parents named them something else.
I hate it for these girls, but I must confess I did it to one of my cats - Plumptious Catticus. She was a puffball of fluffiness. Great fun watching new vets at the surgery trying to pronounce it. (plump-cious, from "plump & delicious")
Load More Replies...If they want 'unique' names, at the very least, don't butcher names that are already out there. *cringe* Poor kids.
Truth is there are so many of them out there, they will all grow up thinking it's normal.
Load More Replies...Me too. Good that they thought to ask, instead of buying what they might prefer for themselves and potentially having an allergy issue with the customer (say customer is allergic to almonds, but dairy is fine)
Load More Replies...I remember we had visitors from the UK back in the late 1980s. Their response to American style breakfast at the local casino was “way too many questions and choices first thing in the morning. You need a flow chart. First. Smoking or not smoking (1980’s)? Booth or table? What would you like to drink? Coffee, (regular or decaf, (cream and sugar?)) Tea, (English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Camomile, Decaf, (milk, sugar, lemon or honey)?), juice (orange, grapefruit, tomato, v8, carrot, cranberry, or grape?) ordering basic breakfast special? Ok, how would you like your eggs? (scrambled, over easy, over medium, over hard, sunny side up, poached, or hard boiled.) do you want bacon, ham or sausage? (link, chorizo, or patty), would you like hash browns or home fries? What kind of toast (white, wheat, English muffin, Danish, croissant, cinnamon raisin swirl, or rye?) All these questions and choices before the coffee has kicked in.” Now I think there are even more choices.
When I was three, my grandmother gave me a glass of milk and I asked her "Nanny, is this milk homogenized?" That was the only time I ever saw her speechless.
Oat milk is great if you want oatmeal flavored water. (For clarification: I do enjoy oatmeal flavored water)
That's modern commerce for ya - having a total stranger doing your shopping like this.
Maybe actually tell him tho...he may be DM'ing like 100 girls, he has no idea who TF you are dude🤣
this indeed makes people laugh, but for real if they aren't doing anything wrong but messaging just don't try and control that, if they are doing the wrong thing, you can contact law reinforcements and get a legal reason to stop them dming people-
When Papworth sent that first sms from a computer, his colleague could not reply. It was another year before Nokia started making mobile phones that could send and receive text messages. “Texting didn't really take off until some years later, once handsets were able to both send and receive and people could send SMS to their friends on different networks,” said Papworth.
FFS, can't believe I snort laughed at that! Take my vote, now pïss off!
Load More Replies...I really do like the outcome. Great what became of the initial joke
Load More Replies...this is the case with my real name on FB. we didn't duke it out, tho, we just formed our own FB group, where there are currently almost 100 members. Lol
Wrong movie. The appropriate quote is "There can be only one!"
Load More Replies...Maaaannnn... that was 3 years ago.... gotta be a way of finding out who won.
The 22yo(at the time) Arizona college guy that started the group won the "Josh Swain" battle by playing rock paper Scissors. The there was a pool noodle fight open to all "Joshs' and that's where the 4yo won. He was from Nebraska. They earned alot for charity that day.
Load More Replies...They did have a fight in Nebraska! A 4 year old was named champion :) They fought with soft objects. https://www.npr.org/2021/04/25/990714129/there-can-only-be-one-battle-of-the-joshes-brings-hundreds-to-nebraska
Cat failed his driving test and couldn't get insurance coverage, so that one's off the table for now.
We never fail! We meant to do that, and we'll wash our back legs until you believe us!
Load More Replies...I got one that she was looking for a hot guy to f''k. I replied so am I. Want to share?
Plot twist: they were so amused about this awful hack attempt, that they actually gave their real password while trying to to insult them.
Surely this is a joke. A real phisher would not immediately tell the victim they had been compromised. They would instead say nothing and go use the account / change the password
They’re clearly a dumb kid who has no idea what they’re doing tho
Load More Replies...And when texting did take off, there was concern it’d take the English language with it. Text messaging quickly paved the way for a whole new lingo. And some were left scratching their heads when stuff like “HBD! CU L8er… Btw, BYOB” popped up on their screens.
One research paper explained it like this: "When sending text messages on their mobile phone to friends, children often use a special type of register, which is called textese. This register allows the omission of words and the use of textisms: instances of non-standard written language such as 4ever (forever)."
Wife: $100 flashlight?! What a waste of money, you'll NEVER use that!!! This guy: vindicated.
When I read vin, I was reminded of 'chicken vindaloo, and someone from 'Red Dwarf' say it. 🙃 (just a sidenote)
Load More Replies...This is also how a Jedi gives directions to an Uber eats driver.
And then he gets a visit from whatever office is responsible air traffic safety.
I prefer "What is your favourite jam?" Helps you sort the "Rose petal and pistachio watching the sun rise over the Bosphorus" from the "Strawberry".
I'd prefer this type of conversation than the ones my friends have on dating apps! Some are just really traumatising
I bet if we teamed up we could defeat it (maybe)
Load More Replies...😆😆😆 i love this. I'm going to try this with himself and see what he says.
A student called Hetty Hughes won the equivalent of over a thousand dollars for this piece of writing in 2001:
“txtin iz messin,
mi headn'me englis,
try2rite essays,
they all come out txtis.
gran not plsed w/letters shes getn,
swears i wrote better
b4 comin2uni.
&she's african”
How many times did you have to read that before it made sense? Your answer might well determine your age.
LMFAO take your frustration out on your autocorrect, not your friend! 😂
No. In a legal context aggravated means something entirely different, a sort of multiplier. So aggravated assault is a more serious offence than common assaut, for example. Exact definitions will apply, but it most certainly does not mean it was provoked.
Load More Replies...ROFL that definitely did not go the way the flirter had planned 😆
Even if you mistook the first person for the second there is nothing indicating there is a "him" here. All we know is "excuse me miss" and the profile picture. It could be two women. But you said this "Nice of him to share the red flag up front. * blocks *" Care to explain why? Why did you assume that? Now that IS A RED FLAG! I assume that there is internalized hatred deep inside but i could be wrong.
Load More Replies...While textese got some traditionalists hot under the collar, it turns out textisms didn’t come about because of laziness. “At first, text messages had a 160-character limit. Early adopters got round this by inventing ‘txt spk’, such as LOL (laughing out loud) and emoticons - symbols made from keyboard characters to show emotions,” explained Vodafone on their website.
And TBH, IDK but IMO, if it weren’t for the LOLs, our beloved emojis might not be around today…
Flirting is easy. Oops that's a typo. I meant to say failing. Failing is easy
Load More Replies...No, you're doing great! You got this! (morale support panda)
A cute man flirted with me yesterday. I talked about male suicide-rates, Flippers death and told him his dream neans he is lacking in sone aeriaes. How did I do??
2/3 the last one is kinda mean. That gives you a -1 to in total it is 1/3 score. Now if you gave advice for his dreams it could be 3/3 so it depends on the form and function of what you said :D aka the details!
Load More Replies...I'm trying, I have no idea what I'm doing. Title of your sex tape!
i feel like i would give that person a chance. honestly is very attractive
This is me every time I try to talk to the opposite sex. Like I say something nice because I was raised to be polite (unfortunately a rare sight these days) and they get all happy and flustered and later on I realize what I just did. I don't flirt I just hit them with my autistic rizz
What do skull emojis convey? I am sadly illiterate when it comes to this.
Load More Replies...Actually, some "districts" have higher count-rate(?). Due to gerrymandering?? Or, have I gotten it wrong?
Load More Replies...I've never paid for a pay-per-view event, but I'd make the exception for this.
Load More Replies...Either they really don't know or they are intentionally playing dumb to avoid a debate/argument.
Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for liberals to realize that if they support bodily autonomy, Roe vs. Wade being overturned is great. The judicial branch of the federal government told the legislative and executive branches to keep their d--kbeaters off of womens' bodies.
i made brownies the other day, and called them special brownies because i put sprinkles on them. turns out special brownies means something else that i didn't know until my dad told me
While some were worried textese could dumb down the younger generation, others weren't. The poem Hughes wrote was actually one of 7,500 entries sent to The Guardian for its text poetry competition. The aim was “to turn text messaging into a creative force.” And to see who could be the most creative, using just 160 characters.
Why don't I ever get cute messages from strangers? All the ones I get are from political parties or wanting to sell me insurance 🥺
All I get is scammers. At least I'm allowed to yell at them.
Load More Replies...Unsolicited tortoise-formation pic. This is designed to rig the stats on how often men think about the Roman Empire.
We could be part of a Roman phalanx? I can’t decide if these would be interesting friends or tedious friends or possibly dangerous friends.
please go find friends on somewhere better suited for it than bored panda, or at least find people you know on bored panda
Load More Replies...All I get is messages asking if I want to sell my house. Bout to drive me up the wall.
At least they're driving you places.
Load More Replies...Not a text, but got a wrong number phone call from a young girl a couple years ago. She apologized, then asked, "Well, since I've got you on the phone, are you married?" My wife was not amused, but I was!
Man, all this guy's colleagues get last names in the contacts except Hector. *And* he's the last one to reply. I hope Hector is ok!
Why tf would you send this weird àss random shìt, to your boss? But especially at 449am! Gtfoh!
In 2016, a bunch of Dutch researchers got together and looked at findings from a range of studies on the subject. They noted that several showed “children who used textese frequently did not perform poorly on spelling and tasks measuring literacy abilities.”
After completing their own research, they found “Not only may textese improve children’s abilities in written language, as has been attested in previous work, it may also enhance their grammar abilities in spoken language.”
"You're so white"? I don't understand. somebody please explain how an emoji joke decides someone's skin tone.
Yay casual racism! How about we move past this? No [insert ethnicity here] gets to be bullied for things they have not chosen. We are one f*****g race. Humans.
Speak for yourself, I'm a wolf, clearly! XD (joking.) But I agree with you. I'm white, but was adopted at birth into a Mexican family. My boyfriend of 23 years is Chinese. I've seen so much racism, even within my own family towards other races (and my family loves to be vocal about how racist "everyone else" is towards Mexicans.) Even my boyfriend encounters some really bizarre racism - apparently where we live, Asians are sometimes considered the "white people" of brown people - not brown enough to be POC to some other POC, apparently, but also hated by racist white people because they're NOT white. I grew up in a very mixed area of Southern California, but people are STILL so racist. I hate it.
Load More Replies...Disgusting post to be allowed on here. How is racism okay? The woke left are allowing this to become ‘normal’ but it cannot only work one way. Unacceptable and the person responsible should be called out.
so weird to see something kind of recent here, thought bp memes had to be from at least three years ago D:
Americans fight for their own definition of freedom while simultaneously fighting against the types of freedoms we don’t want other people to have.
How about… what the f**k is wrong with trump and his running mate (self censored)
At least he handled it like a champ. Sounds like someone I’d like to get a coffee with.
She doesn’t seem like she has much class, anyway, I hope she learned a lesson on how to decline a request for a date politely.
I felt the need to comment here because of my name and no other reason
Load More Replies...Upvoted you from -1 because I have no idea why you were not allowed to say LOL.
Load More Replies...how do these get approved by the companies, who's the receptionist, that's for you to find out-
i think i’ve heard so many advertisements in the uk that every time i read “.co.uk” i hear it in a voice from an advertisement sort of (i don’t like in the uk)
Lucy is not very polite, she doesn't answer the question, not to mention the fact that she doesn't even respond to the "good day"
Yes. It's so bad that I've given up giving away things for free on FB as it attracts a certain mindset - it's free so you should deliver free too, it's free and I want it, but you should magically transform it into the exact model I want, and of course the all time classic of a 90% increase in no shows because they simply request anything free, and only show up if they can be bothered because they lose nothing by requesting it (of course I block them, so they lost out on the freebies after that)
Load More Replies...The Houston area too, which is especially "special" if you get my drift
Load More Replies...English spelling is weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought though.
Load More Replies...English doesn’t “borrow” from other languages: it follows them down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar and valuable vocabulary.
I before E except after C. And when sounded as "ay" as in neighbor and weigh. Oh, and a whole bunch of random other exceptions too. You'll just have to figure those out on your own. :)
The full rule is: "I before e, except after c, or when sounding like 'a' as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh.'"
Weird how that doesn’t always work either, looking around the town I see some reincarnated feisty foreign poltergeists lounging leisurely, watching ogreish scientists study caffeinated kaleidoscopes and protein.
Load More Replies...20+ years of therapy down the drain...shame on you boredpanda for exposing me to that bad bad word and giving me ptsd! Added: I very rarely (as in almost never) write comments or anything online. Had a very bad experience, but all the upvotes and positive remarks makes me question myself, in a very good way. Thx everyone
God? Yeah, that whole business is a can of worms. (And obviously I know this is in reference to Fùck, but apparently things have to be overly explained now.)
Load More Replies...Fantastic. That's actually a classic Mount Fuji picture, so you got an authentic local experience.
ligma whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat *intentional drawl*
Load More Replies...My husband and I grabbed sim cards from the supermarket check out when we moved countries. Turned out I have his number +1. I suppose they were sequential in the box, but we kept the numbers as it seems a happy thing to happen.
First - my number neighbor would live in another state since I kept my number when I moved. Second - when the blueberries did number neighbor become a thing, like did I miss a trend? Third - number neighbor appears a little eccentric, paranoid, ... maybe. But ngl, texting your number neighbor seems a lil' creepy ... of course, that's just me.
Unhinged mother. Why have kids if you do this to something sweet and innocent? The f is wrong with her?
You change someone's profile picture to Walgreens. It's manipulated.
Load More Replies...😳. Pharmacy chains like Walgreens and CVS are shuttering locations'. CNBC 28 minutes ago'
as a person who lives in Arizona, i find this offensive. /jkjk pls dont hurt me
Glug glug glug, my face is a bug, I eat ants for breakfast right off the RUUUUUG
Okay. So. Cuttlefish! Coolest cephalopod out there. Octopodes get a lot of credit, but cuttlefish are better. A) Cuttlefish can also change the color and texture of their skin. They do this to attract mates, hunt prey, and avoid predators. They can manipulate the two halves of their body separately. Like, showing off for the ladies on one side, and camouflaging from predators on another. B) They're super smart. Cuttlefish are the first invertebrates to demonstrate self control. Are you familiar with the marshmallow test? A scientist tells a toddler or small child they can have one marshmallow now, but if the scientist leaves and during that time, the kid doesn't eat the marshmallow they get two when the scientist comes back. Kids can't pass it until they get old enough to think and use logic and all that, but cuttlefish? They pass the cuttlefish equivalent of the marshmallow test. A good chunk of their body is just brain. C) They don't just hide to hunt prey, they will actively mimic..
...other animals. Cuttlefish in captivity were observed pretending to be hermit crabs in order to hunt fish. This also has the advantage of keeping them safe from predators, because hermit crabs have shells, and predators will think the cuttlefish have shells too. D) They're objectively cuter than octopodes. It's like if you gave a football an impressive mustache and anime eyes. Gorgeous. Anyways, there's your cuttlefish fun facts for the day.
Load More Replies...Is that a seagull? I went to America once and was shocked by how BIG seagulls there are. The ones here are the size of pigeons.
There's lots of great black backed gulls where I live and they look massive compared to the red billed gulls I also see a lot.
Load More Replies...This is just stupid, and he screenshot his own meaningless jibberish to share i
Screenshot? Don't say that... I once said "screenshat" as the plural of screenshot..... I still cringe when I think of it ....
Load More Replies...I never get that message. I've used 54 GB of data so far this month.
Load More Replies...Natalie, you totally dodged a bullet when this wanker decided to block your number. Was/Is he on d**gs?
Yes Natalie, time to return the favour. Time to block him. It's overdue.
Load More Replies...Does it? I honestly thought it had ants on it!
Load More Replies...Huh. I read it as someone cooking for pops. No comma between you and pops flips the context.
Load More Replies...Ok now that just makes me think of that lizard people conspiracy, but in movie form
Load More Replies...Indeed, but points to the 21-year-old for acknowledging a 10-year-old is too young for them.
Load More Replies...That's fùcked up.. it's like he's just asking her to lie to him, and pretend to be 18..
And this is why I tell my kids to not add strangers on social media or accept request from people they don’t know…. Because of people like this!
Yikes. I have a 9, almost 10 year old named Dakota! Anyone know what app this is? Snapchat? I may have to look to see what he’s been up to on his iPad lately, although I am pretty sure he doesn’t have Snapchat and doesn’t do anything other than play Roblox lol hopefully. 😬
Collector's item. More specifically, trash collector's item.
Wow... the delivery guy... texted... to tell them they ate this person's food. Uhh... suuure? That's theft, isn't it...?
Couldn't have just ordered yourself something while picking up the customers food AND kept your job 🤷🏼♀️
Looks like they have a wildfire nearby. That's what our sky looks like (Northern California.)
The ‘areee wahh’ is commonly used by hindi speaking Indian to express exclamation that can roughly amount to ‘hey woww’. For praise, happiness, excitement, etc.
Load More Replies...People have been saying that for about 60 years though.
Load More Replies...He, or she, clearly said studying... not necessarily knowledge of...
I appreciate the attempt but it almost rhymes, the correct text would say 'lobster with a mobster'.
Are you from Wisconsin by chance? There's a lot of Liesegangs where I live.
Load More Replies...Again, not going for the easy punchline because I am a classy gentleman
I think it's because Dad there just jumped in with a random message about May 14th
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