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The first text message was sent 20 years ago today. Do you know what it said?

Dec 3, 2012 6:54 PM

Neil Papworth sent the first text(SMS) using a computer terminal to send the message to a colleague's cellphone.

Oh yeah, no cheating and searching the interwebz for the answer.

Some fun little trivia.

Tags: trivia knowledge makes-me-feel-old fun!

bogie21 bogie21

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You wanna get laid?
*lunch!!!
Dammit autocorrect!

hamiltwan hamiltwan
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Merry Christmas

tyerian tyerian
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I don't know what it was, but it should have been "Mr. Watson, come here, I need you."

moondrake moondrake
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bsmith1 bsmith1
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My real guess is 'hello world'
My fun guesses are
'Stop texting'
'this will never catch on'
'are you ignoring me?'
: ) ; )
80085

caffeine_dude caffeine_dude
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butts

publicart publicart
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Mister Watson, come here. I want 2 C U.

samstag samstag
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going to guess: "let me know if u get this"

inkycatz inkycatz
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It was "Merry Christmas". I heard it on the radio this morning.

jimmyd103 jimmyd103
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"K"

benyust2 benyust2
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"'sup, girl. u still awake?"

caisburning caisburning
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"for qu4laty MALE 3nhaNCEm4nt d4ugS, go www .spamspam. ru/lies "

thedogma thedogma
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@carl669 & @publicart: I love you guys.

agingdragqueen agingdragqueen
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@carl669: Lol!

(@agingdragqueen would've just been "dragqueen" at the time.)

publicart publicart
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I'd guess it was a sext.

sawedtool sawedtool
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"I wish I had a keyboard on this phone"

or

"How did I type this with just numbers"?

cengland0 cengland0
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@publicart: only if @agingdragqueen had sent it.

carl669 carl669
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Hello world?

publicart publicart
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I'd have thought it would have read "now I don't know what to say"

mtm2 mtm2
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It was either "K" or "lol" because those are the only 2 messages I ever get

ryanwb ryanwb
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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

PS. OMFG STEAM ROXORS TEH BIG ONE111!

firebirdude firebirdude
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Ravioli ravioli give me the formuioli?

cowboydann cowboydann
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ou812

mkentosh mkentosh
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happy birthday

or, 'omg lol'

carl669 carl669
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It was Merry Christmas as others stated.
Read this article this morning.
http://gizmodo.com/5965121/the-first-text-message-was-sent-20-years-ago-today

sgrman05 sgrman05
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Seniors Rule!!!!!!!!1

kbsig106 kbsig106
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What is, 'Eat me, douche'.

etewald etewald
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lol

auzroz auzroz
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Testing...

pyxientx pyxientx
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Yep, Merry Christmas.

dontwantaname dontwantaname
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@tyerian: I believe that's the scrubbed, pc version.
So I'll go with " Boyz II Men will be forever!" or "Dude. Sup."

havocsback havocsback
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wtf ?

jsimsace jsimsace
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''I love you. XX.'' That's what I think it said.

kieran8 kieran8

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