Voicemail Aficionado Gifts

"Hello, dear. This is Mom. Have you lost your mind or what?"

"They communicate through clicks and taps."

"It probably got lost in the voice mail."

'The King of what?'

'Hi, this is Batman. You've reached the Batcave. I'm not in right now but as soon as I return I'll call you bat.'

Giving Things Up For Lent.

Technology and Love

Mobile phones and long distance relationships,

"It's an app that lets me know when I'm bored."

"I'm away from my desk or on another line. Please leave a message at the sound of my impersonation of a beep."

Go to settings, sounds, ringtone, whistle, who can hear this, then tap only me.

"You're not at all like your answering machine."

Children and technolohgy

Phone Mittens

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

"Aren't these old eighties phones tiny!"

'This is Kevin O'Shea, my big sister's answering service.'

"....and Brian, down there, is just here to even out our grid."

'But Grandma, how did you text on them?'

"He hasn't been the same since his phone died."

'He's so behind the times - his Hot Line is rotary!'

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

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

"Oh, hello darling..."

"What do you mean: 'You don't believe that this is my answerphone'? Do you think I'd lie?"

'I can't take your call right now. Please leave a message after the peep.'

'Texting Bee'

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

Owl answers telephone.

Silent Monk Holding Placard Saying LOL.

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

"Peter's a man of few tweets, but many social media platforms."

'Phone thief' stealing a phone box.

'How can you call yourself a workaholic if you don't even have a Blackberry Thumb?'

Phone Henge