And care to explain the
Bum member of staff who answered the phone while
hung over in bed and hurled abuse at me ?,
When you forget to type the country code (+44) before an international phone number, the American phone switching systems interpret the next three digits as an "area code". American states (and larger cities) each have their own area code. This helps users of the phone system (just like you, John!) to avoid making calls to the wrong person or company.
208 is the area code for Idaho. Because there aren't many people there, this code covers the entire state and no city needs its own area code. When you call a 208 number, you could reach any person in the whole state, but none of those people will work for Intersango, because Intersango is in London.
America also has things called "time zones". Little countries like England don't need these, because they're so small (just like you, John!) that the sun can shine on the whole country at once. But America is a very wide country, so the sunlight can only hit one side at a time. This means that when it's lunchtime on the east side of the country, it's still dark on the west side of the country, and most people sleep during the dark.
Sleep is important. Sleep is what you do while your computers are finding bitcoins. Sleep refreshes your mind and your heart, so that you can be nice to people when you talk to them on the phone. But phones are loud when they ring. This makes people stop sleeping. These people will be angry.
Now we've learned about both "time zones", which let other people sleep in the dark while you're having lunch, AND about "area codes", which let you call people even if they're so far away that it's dark while you're having lunch. Do you see the problem here, John? Modern technology allows us to call people
while they're trying to sleep in the dark, just by forgetting to type two little numbers. They're not even different numbers; they're both 4.
Four. Four four. Plus four four for four ford four fnord four four.
You are getting tired of reading about fours. You are getting very sleepy, just like the people in the dark in Idaho. You hear only the sound of my typing. You will do as I command. Whenever you see the trigger word "Intersango", you will send a bitcoin to 1JrJoh2ggdQSyxTcZkDQtPUapn9ptRergP. You will awake now and remember nothing.
