We SO need this in the US:

WHAT: Virgin Mobile Australia’s Dialing Under the Influence Service

WHY: Because there is nothing worse than waking up in the morning with your head split in two, only to flip through your phone and find you called everyone from your past three exes to some random hopeful booty calls to that hot guy from your office party whose number you shouldn’t even have.

The folks over at Virgin Mobile in Australia took a drunk dialing survey and found that the situation is pretty pandemic—a whopping 95 percent of those surveyed said they do in fact dial under the influence.

Across the great divide, Virgin Mobile is now offering ‘Dialing Under the Influence Service.’ By simply dialing 333 plus the phone number you don’t want to drunk dial, Virgin will block calls to that number until 6 am! Think of it as your own black book blacklist, and enjoy the piece of mind of knowing you are in good hands.

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Posted by Lawren at December 22, 2004 06:30 AM

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That is hilarious!

Says: EJ at December 22, 2004 09:12 AM

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DEFINITELY necessary. I swear, the number of calls I receive when I'm trying to sleep . . . !

Says: Iceman at December 22, 2004 09:38 AM

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