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# mobile telephones
are a blight upon the land. why can't you just talk to people? text messages? what's the fucking point of that? it's a telephone, use it to telephone someone! why can't you just wait till you meet that person? it's not like you've got something wonderful and profound to say, and if you did, then it should be said to their face, and it's not like anyone else around you cares.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:15, archived)
# i can't talk to them face to face when
they're miles and miles and miles away..
(I helped save b3ta! pep, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:16, archived)
# use a land line.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:16, archived)
# you see,
i quite like the humble payphone.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:17, archived)
# much more expensive
than using a mobile. Don't have them on trains, buses, etc.

Oh and they smell. :)
(I helped save b3ta! Darkedge, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:19, archived)
# why?
my landline got cut off when i was at uni for two weeks. hence a mobile.
(martian, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:17, archived)
# if you wanted people to phone you,
you'd stay at home. if you want to meet people, then you'd leave the house.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:18, archived)
# so, i've gone to the pub to meet people.
but! my mate's on a train that has broken down. he quickly whips out his mobile and txts: "train broken. going to be hour late". so i know he's not just forgotten.
(martian, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:20, archived)
# what's wrong with your carrier pigeon?
fuckass.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:21, archived)
# i fucked it in the ass.
obviously.
(martian, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:22, archived)
# har har!
you got my sloppy seconds!
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:28, archived)
# a landline is no use
if i am not near a landline.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:19, archived)
# face to face sold here?
(tREv and my willy, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:19, archived)
# yeah
fucking messageboards...
(I helped save b3ta! rogan, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:16, archived)
# oooh
hark at you!






/handbag
(I helped save b3ta! fassit is old, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:16, archived)
# less chance of frying your brain
if you text message I suppose, and there are a few recruitment agencies I wouldn`t want to meet, cos I`d be tempted to dander in with a couple of pounds of semtex strapped to my personage!

but - I have a normal, and quiet ringtone on mine
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:17, archived)
# now ringtone
tunes, they ARE shit. ring ring dammit! its a phone not a fucking portable shit midi player.
(I helped save b3ta! fassit is old, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:18, archived)
# 100% FACT!
Plus, you know that thing you piss about all day on at work chatting to people, the internet? Why do you want people to be able to bug you on the train/at the cinema/in the pub as well?

Bah!
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:17, archived)
# i don't know if you realise
but there is an off button on most phones.
Or you could just not answer.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:20, archived)
# I do
I'd rather just not have people say next time I see them "Why is your mobile always switched off, moan, winge, whine, complain?"
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:22, archived)
# if i were you, i'd get better mates.
(martian, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:22, archived)
# I think I know
where to start.....
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:23, archived)
# look, i've told you.
you can't move in with me!
(martian, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:25, archived)
# i would recommend
different chums.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:24, archived)
# yeah
I think the Off button is a fantastic invention - especially when you also turn off voice mail! My bird has a mobile, two phone lines, and two phones.

.... WHY!?

All she gets is cold sellers calling, and still hasn`t quite learned my technique of

"Hello? Yes? Uh huh? No thanks - would you do me a favour and fuck off?"
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:23, archived)
# blimeh.
thought you were gay.
(martian, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:25, archived)
# HAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
(I helped save b3ta! Lora, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:28, archived)
# watch it you
and you too, MARTIN!
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:29, archived)
# i find mobiles come in handy
sometimes.
I'm sorry, but i do.

Mine helps me find my brother or friends.

And if they don't want to be found, they don't have to answer.
Simple as that.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:18, archived)
# indeed.
mine even came equipped with an 'off' switch.
(martian, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:20, archived)
# it's odd how
most people use that switch when i try to ring them.


*sob*
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:23, archived)
# aww.
(martian, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:28, archived)
# text messages are all i use
i would be much happier if they removed the phone bit altogether. in fact, i'd be happier if everyone stopped voice comms completely. and video comms, they're worse.
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:21, archived)
# text and e-mail only
it's a utopia we can only dream of.
(martian, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:23, archived)
# vocal cords should be removed at birth
...?
(I helped save b3ta! Kallus speaks for the Spores, Wed 9 Jul 2003, 18:25, archived)