Telephone Nostalgist Mugs

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

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

'Yes, as a matter of fact, you have caught me at a bad time.'

'Dial 1-900-Fortune.'

"Oh great, the printer is down."

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

'And now for the anesthesia: I've got plenty of conventional anesthetics I could use here but you can also choose to spend half an hour on the phone with my mother...'

'...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.'

'Environmental dept? Yes, just a query. It's August, it's 85?. It has been for 3 months now...'

'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.'

'If you don't mind, I'm trying to use the telephone here.'

'Never mind what I'm wearing!'

"He'll come to eat when he can interrupt dinner. He's playing telemarketer."

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

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

Alexander Graham Bell receives his first telephone call.

Look, I'm not shocked. It's just that you sounded a bit different on the phone!

Alexander Graham Bell - invents the telephone and makes the first 1900 call.

"Baldo, let everyone know that Tia Carmen is in the hospital!"

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

Woman dresses up to talk to a suitor on the phone.

"Do you like my four wheel drive?"

"We heard you say you're worried about the government listening to your phone calls so we called to tell you not to worry ... yet."

The First phone call was not exactly as history books report it.

"Only half an hour - that was quick! Was it a wrong number?"

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

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

'Hello, is that the Compulsive Callers helpline?'

Shaped telephone box in a maternity ward.

'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.

"And I'm telling you you've got the wrong pole."