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Google has set up a Santa calling service, offering personalised calls from the man himself, along with Facebook and Twitter updates, as the man in the red suit goes high tech. Mr Claus has apparently signed up with the chocolate factory and has a voice-mail account where ankle-biters can leave him a message, and a website …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Yes, but...

    how can this be (mis)used for phone sex?

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    1. web_bod
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      not nearly that clever

      Sadly no, all the names seem to be pre-recorded :\ - unlike the rather excellent Tom Baker sex pest service from BT.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Stop

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    OH CHRIST DON'T RUIN SANTA WITH TWITTER

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  3. benjymous
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    What about the rest of the world?

    Shame it's US only for the phone call - doesn't quite have the same effect when they just get emailed a link to the website

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  4. Anonymous Coward
    Joke

    It doesn't just check it twice

    It performs over 50 Megachecks per second!

    No, wait- wrong Santa.

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  5. irrelevant

    Eeks

    Well, to me it sounds exactly like the sort of overly friendly weirdo that you really really want to keep your kids as far away as possible from... Maybe it's just the American accent, I dunno..

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