Is this the weirdest phone hotline from the past?  Someone dug up an old '80s ad for a hotline you'd call to just CRY.  It cost $2 for the first minute, and 45 cents each additional minute to listen to someone tell you a sob story.

This has nothing on the "Callin' Oates" hotline though. Call 719-26-OATES (719-266-2837) to hear for yourself!