Quirky Phone Call Aficionado Gifts

Listenin' in

'Mr. Coleman is on vacation. Would you care to hold?'

'The King of what?'

Mobile phones and long distance relationships,

'Telephone call for Mr. Right!'

'It's the bank again... What I'd give for a bit of good old-fashioned heavy breathing!'

'Can't talk now, I'm just going into a tunnel.'

...the onion rings

'... Press 7 to admit defeat...'

'I'll be late for dinner - a shelf fell on me.'

Incontinence Hot Line - 'Please hold.'

'I'm about to have a tantrum. What are you doing?'

"No, you hang up first. No, you!"

"Yes, I'm still on hold and counting the billable minutes."

"Hello, Braque? Picasso here. Cubism is out."

Robinson Crusoe on the phone - "Big job. No problem, it'll be done by Friday."

Owl answers telephone.

Woman on the phone while her kids cause chaos in the background.

'Well, it's been nice talking to you, even if you are a recording.'

"Thank you for holding, your prayers have advanced in the queue and will be answered by the next available deity."

Phone Calls As a Child and As an Adult

"He wants to know if I'm alone."

Business executive has desk sign stating: I am in a meeting.

"I've been talking on this phone so much, I'm getting cauliflower ears."

"No, it's not valuable it's just a conversation piece."

Collar I.D.

Telemarketing Center: Help wanted. It's not a job - it's a calling.

"One moment, please, while I put you on character building hold."

Dog Chatlines...

'You can't put me on hold... I'm putting you on hold!'

'Still 10 minutes to go before my cheap call rate kicks in...!'

Turkey Hotline

"May I put you on hold? I was on another line."

"Hello. This is the old man across the street. Get off my lawn!"

'I'm just opening him now. Stand by and I will give you a detailed description of what I find inside your husband...uh...hello?'