Phone Call Nostalgic Gifts

'Hey, gotta run. I feel strange talking on my phone.'

'A representative will be with you in twelve minutes... so, if you have to go to the bathroom, please go now...'

"If you want to talk to someone uninterested, press 1..."

"To hear the sounds of the seas press 1, for all other options, or, to speak with a customer advisor, please press 2."

'This is a prerecorded message. Thank you for rubbing me. Please state your name and your wish. I will get back to you as soon as possible.'

'Never mind what I'm wearing!'

"... Or, if you're tired of listening to all of these automated options and would like to cancel your call, press 9."

'I miss the days when the only thing I couldn't work was the video.'

Al's computer salvage.

Phone Calls As a Child and As an Adult

"Your car warranty is about to expire..."

Female impersonator hogging the phone box.

Kid at front door with mobile. 'Hello Mrs. Howser. Can Jason come out to play?'

"Sorry, the computer's down!"

Man in cell phone shop - 'Do you have a phone that just phones?'

'I don't know what was more traumatic: cutting the umbilical cord or the land line.'

"I tell you, I remember when all this was protoplasm"

Early phone sex lines - 'I'm lifting my petticoat...and there's my ankle!'

Early Variations of the Car Phone.

Sculpture of a telephone wire.

Endangered Species

Pornographic telephone directory

"Can I call you back, I'm in a bad place at the moment."

Always leave the booth at the sound of the BEEEEEP!

"You didn't cry at the sad movie we watched last night... but you cry seeing your first computer!!"

I remember when a wireless was a radio and a laptop was a dog...

"Your call may be monitored to give us all a laugh . . . please enter your 23 digit telephone banking code followed by your 14 digit account no and your 24 digit security code. . ."

Pin The Tail On The Grandfather

"I have to hang up because someone wants to use a phone."

"I've been on hold through two cell phone bars."