Several months ago, residents of a neighborhood in Chevy Chase, Maryland discovered that an old fashioned pay phone had appeared on a quiet residential street. But the classic Bell design was labeled "Jokes". The instructions said that users should push different numbers for different types of jokes, such as #1 for a knock-knock joke. And it was free! There was no need to drop in a quarter.
The Washingtonian reports that resident Don Rutlege, who lives across the street from the phone, put it up. He purchased the old phone online and refurbished it into a joke-telling machine. A microcomputer inside connects to his home wifi network. Rutlege himself responds and provided the requested joke.
-via Atlas Obscura