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porkmarras 07.28.2006 04:34 AM

Should i get a mobile phone?
 
See poll.

sonicl 07.28.2006 04:36 AM

Yes you should, that way your mates wouldn't have to ring complete strangers to contact you. But it needs to be sewn into your coat on a piece of elastic.

porkmarras 07.28.2006 04:40 AM

ha!

Tokolosh 07.28.2006 04:44 AM

It's cheaper if you can master telepathy.

Pookie 07.28.2006 04:45 AM

I don't know where I'd be without my almost daily texts saying "buy some milk on your way home".

(Somebody in this thread will at some point make a joke about a phone vibrating.)

cuetzpalin 07.28.2006 04:46 AM

most fun with smoke signs! especially in front of some big skyscraper in the centre of ny ((for example))

Hip Priest 07.28.2006 04:46 AM

Of course you should, but not if it means work calling you all the time. But you can just not tell work if it's a problem. Mobile phones are a great thing.

truncated 07.28.2006 05:14 AM

Yes, because people that prove difficult to contact piss me off, unless they don't want to be available.

People who refuse to embrace modern technology, yet want to enjoy all the conveniences that accompany it, irritate the hell out of me. You can't complain about being out of the loop or inaccessible if you don't make the effort. I blend the best of both worlds - I have a cell phone, but I simply don't answer it, as I generally abhor casual phone conversations.

But there have been a few nights on deserted roads with car troubles that have absolutely necessitated a cell phone.

IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE.

Do it for us, Porky, so we needn't worry about your safety.

porkmarras 07.28.2006 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by truncated
Yes, because people that prove difficult to contact piss me off, unless they don't want to be available.

People who refuse to embrace modern technology, yet want to enjoy all the conveniences that accompany it, irritate the hell out of me. You can't complain about being out of the loop or inaccessible if you don't make the effort. I blend the best of both worlds - I have a cell phone, but I simply don't answer it, as I generally abhor casual phone conversations.

But there have been a few nights on deserted roads with car troubles that have absolutely necessitated a cell phone.

IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE.

Do it for us, Porky, so we needn't worry about your safety.

Thing is,i've always had a mobile but i'm generally crap at hearing them.I haven't got a problem with technology at all,if anything i encourage it.I'll get one purely for the reason that i like my mum to be able to contact me when i'm not at home.I knew i would anyway,i just wanted to know your thoughts on the matter.People who shout into their mobile phones all the time annoy me no end though.Not to mention people who fucking stare at them for not particular reason other than inner death.

terminal pharmacy 07.28.2006 06:18 AM

mine is always on silent, i find nothing more irritating than mobile phone ringtones, and i generally look at the number and screen, and i dont answer or look if i don't feel like it at all

edit: and don't get it out and take pictures at gigs... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Pookie 07.28.2006 06:25 AM

Mine is always on silent, and yes the world is full of people constantly looking at, playing with or shouting down their mobiles.

get one but just don't do any of the above.

porkmarras 07.28.2006 06:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pookie
Mine is always on silent, and yes the world is full of people constantly looking at, playing with or shouting down their mobiles.

get one but just don't do any of the above.

Like i haven't learned mobile phone etiquette Spookie!

Pookie 07.28.2006 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porkmarras
Like i haven't learned mobile phone etiquette Spookie!



Then you'll know how unsocial handsfree mobiles are?

 

porkmarras 07.28.2006 06:50 AM

You must spread etc etc.

Tokolosh 07.28.2006 07:01 AM

Everyone should be armed with a cellphone.

 

RdTv 07.28.2006 07:15 AM

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Tokolosh again.

Tokolosh 07.28.2006 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tokolosh
Everyone should be armed with a cellphone.





 


Let me rephrase that.
Does everyone have a right to be armed with a cellphone?

Toilet & Bowels 07.28.2006 07:51 AM

my cell phone has a sound meter, thermometer and compass built into, it's really usefull when i'm doing covert espionage missions and shit, like black-ops. i also have the best and most YMOish ringtones i've heard.

porkmarras 07.28.2006 07:53 AM

Cell phone?The model i set my eyes upon can walk,talk and speak in cockney rhyming.

Savage Clone 07.28.2006 07:58 AM

I've never had one.
I hate hearing people talk on them whilst riding public transport.
I don't have a problem with the technology though, and have had a few occasions crop up where it would have been conveient to have one, but never a "true emergency."
I don't like the idea that they have GPS devices inside them. I won't buy a car with one of those fucking things in it either. I like being unavailable and somewhat less trackable when I leave the house.
I would have one if it were my only phone, but I have not had to break down and get one yet.
I'm holding out.
Silent ring people rule.


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