The Story Behind the “Crying Number”
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For those of you who haven’t seen it, the following enigmatic commercial, dubbed the Crying Number, ran during the early 1990’s. The hotline claims that those who call the number will hear tales of such insurmountable woe that they will be unable to keep from bursting out in uncontrollable sobs.
Finally, at long last, there has been discovered a rare recording of the sad lachrymal testimony that brought so many to such a deeply shaken emotional state.
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