This can be quite odd in the other direction, though earlier in the evening. Soon after splitting up, I called my ex-fiancé to try to salvage our relationship. I thought that my rational proposals were going down well until the emotional adrenaline cleared and I realised that she was sounding a little, well, dopey...

"So you think that would work for us?'
"I love you..."
"Yeah, me... Hang on, are you ok?"
"Yes, I have just taken a sleeping pill."
"Oh."

The next day, she could not remember a detail of this heartfelt near-monologue of mine. File under "False Dawns".

I have been drunk-dialed when stuck at work or out of the country by friends at big get-togethers that I've missed. This is really nice!
When you're bored and/or lonely, having a booze-addled friend slur "I fucking love you mate" is super, particularly if you are recording it.

A friend of mine is particularly guilty of this. Sometimes it can be funny, sometimes really sad.

I play in a band with him, so every once in a while, I'll dump his call down to the 4 track, add some guitar and post it as a song on the myspace page, just to let him sit in his embarassment.

The best is a friend calling as he or she is sneaking out of some fucked up one night stand situation, I don't mind those.

'Dude, she peed on the floor in the bedroom....just stood there staring at me peeing on her own carpet and laughing! What the fuck is that?!'

sneaking out of some fucked up one night stand situation

my Chicago friends call this "Ghosting"

I don't suppose the caller was drunk but.....

When I was a title researcher I knew someone who was studying finance at Marquette. He went out to New York for some job interviews and thought one in particular had gone very well. A couple of months later, he was awakened in the middle of the night by a phone call.

"Hello?"
"Hey, Scott....this is Gene Clark at First Debt. Did I catch you at a bad time?"
"Oh, no man. How are you?"
"I'm good. Hey listen, you did pretty well when you came out. I really have just one more question for you. How would you free up some cash?"
"I, um....well, I guess.....right now the dollar is....er."
"Hey, good talking to you again. We'll be in touch."

Didn't get the job. I've always thought that was coldblooded, but fair in a twisted wway.

i wait for one everyday.

"you know....you really are a fucking asshole."