THAT TUNE RINGS A BELL —————- by Steve Nadis
I won’t start complaining about cell phones again because, frankly, everyone has them now and the last time I made similar remarks I took a lot of flak. (“It’s hard, it’s hard…”) So instead I’m going to talk about cell phone ringers or, more specifically, cell phone music selections. I was at my daughter’s swimming class a couple of weeks ago and a mother sat on a bench nearby, wearing a pretty low-cut outfit. When her cell phone rang, it was the music for “Sex and the City.” What was the message there? I’m a slut? (Pardon my French.) One guy had the “Sopranos” theme music on his phone. OK, I get it. “Don’t fu..ug with me.” No problem, “fuh-get-aboud-dit…”
One day, I suppose, I’ll succumb and get my own cell phone. Hasn’t happened yet, but I do have a VCR and answering machine, things I held off on for years, and eventually a cell phone will follow. What music should I pick? That’s a tough one but, for now, I’m leaning toward the “Get Smart” theme song, for those of you who are old enough to remember: “Duh-di-dah-dah, duh–di-dah-dah…” And I’m walking along feeling great, until the door gets me right in the nose…
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I don’t have a cell phone, either. I say when hell freezes over, I’ll get one. I’ll be shopping soon, I guess.
I hate the rings, sounds, and songs that seemingly never end. The owner knows that as long as the damn thing is making noise, they have time to answer the phone the location of which they can’t quite seem to remember.
When hell does freeze over, I will download a real telephone ring like the old corded phone that hung on the kitchen wall when I was a boy 45 years ago. No one has that sound anymore. But, then I think, "I really like the catherdal bells and The Magnificent Seven theme." Ahhh - the decisions of modern man.
A ringing phone? That’s brilliant Indigo!
I barley use it but I do have a cell phone, and I still look like an idiot when it goes off. Half the time I think it’s someone elses phone and get annoyed that they are not answering it.
I agree, a ringing cell phone is a novel idea. Why didn’t I think of that. Although I can also see how the "Magnificent Seven" theme could have its appeal.
Ugh, one of the guys I work with has a cell phone that rings like an old phone. He likes it because it’s loud. The same reason why I don’t like it. I graduated from cell phone to camera phone. It’s a lot of fun. But I still don’t have cable or satellite TV and my home PC has a dial-up connection. My laptop too, come to think of it. I have really weird priorities, I guess.
It’s clear from what you say that in this case there are no easy answers. A ringing cell phone, evidently, is not a panacea. Back to the drawing board then, eh? (I’m not Canadian, by the way.)
But how about those Motorola NexTel’s? They are FAR more annoying as they do this LOUd p-u-l-sing beep after EVERY comment the Caller makes. You know; the ones that’re sorta like walkie-talkies between NexTel customers. You hear ‘em EVERYWHERE. The supermarket. The parking lot. Even at stoplights. They should have a recall on ‘em & blow ‘em all up. Give me a short "Sex in the City" theme- once- ANY day!
You might be onto something there, Marco. Suddenly sex in the city is sounding pretty appealing, even out in the country…