Telephone Trivia Fan Mugs

'It's engaged.'

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

'Dial 1-900-Fortune.'

'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...'

". . . But, hey, man, I just want to say this in all sincerity, man, that you are the greatest, man, you the el numero uno cat in my book, man you. . ."

This is a classic TV show called "Father Knows Best." Before Google obviously.

'I wish to complain about 'Heavy breathing calls'.'

Bell on early phone: 'I know it's you, Watson - stop trying to sound like Edison!'

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

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

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

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

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!

You are on hold. Press One for Vivaldi...

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

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

When TV networks hold pledge drives, you know the economy isn't in great shape.

'Thank you for calling. We value your call...at 95 pence per mintute.'

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

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

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

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

"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.

Trivia Pursuit

Shaped telephone box in a maternity ward.

'Yes, I'm writing the message down.'

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

'Hello, is that the Compulsive Callers helpline?'

'You have reached the Heisenberg Institute. Your call will be answered in random order.'

An Irishman unfamiliar with how a telephone works

'My son calls me every day. He's a telemarketer.'

Dial M for Mummy.

heavy breather