Telephone Nostalgist Prints

Please press or say "1." Please stop yelling, "rotary dial!" Sorry.

"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."

Phone. Oh, no! My Clark Kent clothes are gone! Secret Identity Theft.

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

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

'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...'

'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.'

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

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

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

'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!'

Hello, 911? … The pizza place isn't answering their phone!!

'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!

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

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

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

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

"Could you keep it short, Daddy? I'm expecting a call."

"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."

"Do you like my four wheel drive?"

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

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

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

'Hello, is that the Compulsive Callers helpline?'

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

Shaped telephone box in a maternity ward.