Phone Nostalgist Gifts

"Oh great, the printer is down."

"Cancel my landline...are you crazy?"

'...please switch of all mobile phones, paging devices and alarm watches...'

'Well yes, it is a Jurassic model...OK, I'll knock off two bucks.'

'No fax paper? Ok, you'll have to ride for help.'

'Never mind what I'm wearing!'

'Yes, Fluffy was a great dog and to honor her memory, we've decided to keep her name as part of our computer password.'

'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.'

"Before I read about my summer vacation, I'd like to ask that all pagers, beepers, and cell phones be turned off."

Sell me your souls and I'll make all cell phones and computers go away."

"Do you like my four wheel drive?"

"Since he retired he misses his meetings."

"You don't need your selfie stick...the booth takes selfies for you!"

'Y'know, I came here long before there was all that modern technology!'

5-6 pm: Unhappy hour - mourn the loss of jobs to apps, bots, drones.

'Your problem is that you're a Johnny Carson guy in a Jay Leno world.'

'I was apathetic when I was your age, too, but I didn't have an app for it.'

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

'Scroll down, no sorry, scroll up...OK now scroll down again...'

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

Always leave the booth at the sound of the BEEEEEP!

'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 Variations of the Car Phone.

"I miss the old days, when everything was attached with wires."

Sculpture of a telephone wire.

"On a pencil, this is called an eraser, not the delete button."

'In Memory of Fred Frimkin -- Born: Dow 147, Died: Dow 10,715'.

"Most of you won't know what this is. It's a blackboard."

'My battery's out - I'll phone you from the museum.'

Endangered Species

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

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