Random telephony

I rather like this idea; I'm just a little too chicken to try it out yet. I'm scared of talking to strangers on the phone; usually I can manage it if I have a legitimate and fairly usual reason to be talking to them and can put this reason succinctly into words, but if I have something strange or complicated to request of them, I generally have to rehearse it in my head beforehand to avoid dissolving into stammers during the actual conversation. Being on the other end of a phone line from someone who doesn't know why I'm calling, when I don't know myself? I don't think I can manage that. Maybe if I were a better bullshit artist, but the fact is I hate lying, even for fun, unless it's to someone I don't expect to believe me for more than a moment.

Hmmm. Perhaps I could offer to sing songs at people. Or tell jokes. That wouldn't require bullshitting--or even explanation, for that matter, beyond "oh, I just had this whim." I wouldn't even have to tell people why I picked that particular number.

Some of you out there are probably braver than I. Do tell me if you think of something more amusing to do with this piece of randomness.