Monday may have gotten the better of me, but I want a rematch! I think Monday cheated!

Random thoughts:

Hard to believe we once had a phone ATTACHED TO THE WALL! When it rang, we’d pick it up and answer WITHOUT KNOWING WHO WAS CALLING!

 

I used to get a call from (I believe) an Elderly Lady looking for Henry.

Me: Hello?

Elderly Lady: “Is Henry there?”

Me:”Nope, no Henry here.”

E.L. “Well, where is he?”

“I don’t know. There’s no Henry that lives here.”

E.L. “When will he be back?”

“I don’t know-I think you have the wrong number.”

E.L. “Why did you answer the phone if it’s the wrong number?”

“I’m not sure now. But Henry isn’t here.”

E.L. “Could you tell me where he went?”

This could go on for a half hour or longer. One day, I had a brilliant idea.

“Hello?”

E.L. “Is Henry there?”

“Oh, you just missed him! He’ll be back in 15 minutes, so you should call then.”

E.L. “OK” and she’d hang up the phone. When she called Henry in 15 minutes, she’d get the number right and actually talk to Henry. I can only imagine the conversation, E.L. asking Henry where he went, and Henry wondering what she was talking about.

 

You ever wonder what the kids think when we talk about “hanging up” the phone, or “dialing” a number?

Calling for the Good and True,

Billy Acre