Man Gets Thousands Of Birthday Calls After Son Posts His Phone Number On Billboard (Video)


A man got more than he expected for his birthday after he discovered that his son had made the event a worldwide celebration.
The New Jersey man will never forget 62nd birthday after his sons posted his phone number on a large roadside billboard inviting people to call and wish him well. So far, he has gotten over 15,000 calls and texts from people all over the world.
Chris Ferry’s sons used to prank him when going to restaurants by telling waiters that it was his birthday just so they could watch him squirm uncomfortably as they brought him cake. This year, they took things to a whole new level by renting a billboard outside Linwood and posting their dad’s phone number on it, inviting people to send him their best wishes. They thought it would be something of a local joke, with their dad getting a few calls from random strangers, but after the photo went viral on social media, things got a bit out of hand.
The billboard went up on March 6, and by March 12, Chris Ferry had already received well over 15,000 birthday calls and texts from people in countries like the Philippines, Kenya, Luxembourg, Ireland, Guatemala, Nepal and Australia. He actually tried to take every call and answer every text at first, but he eventually gave up and changed his voice mail to “thank you for calling to wish me a happy birthday, I really, very much appreciate it…”.
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https://wakkinews.com/2019/03/16/man-gets-thousands-of-birthday-calls-after-son-posts-his-phone-number-on-billboard-video/

Beautiful

Brought back some memories

Continue to rest in peace dad

That is the type of father we should aspire to be.

A man whose children will put his phone number on a billboard just to wish their dad a happy birthday.

It is obvious he trained them well and they love him for it.

oh ok now I see better.

I no fit try this kind stuffs with my Dad. If not, my body go peel from the beating wey you go receive that day.
My Pale go be like, "na who send you wey you go share my number give people wey I no know".

Old Boy, e no go funny that day. My Papa na typical African Man, he no tolerate nonsense.

Lovely. So lovely.

The typical African may not go to this length. We show our own love in other ways...

Nothing is more fulfilling for a man than for his sons to be so proud of him.

He will die a fulfilled man.