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How often are you working with colleagues/ co-workers in one room. One of them leave the room for whatever reason and forget to take their mobile phone with them. Pretty soon all other people look up annoyed to search the mobile phone with that stupid ringtone.
To channel our group frustration I
offer: the mobile phone swatter.
It is very similar as the flyswatter, it easy to carry, it is light and it just as long to reach that nasty mobile phone. Once the mobile phone is hit, the mobile phone gets a little shock – just enough to “crash” the software but leave the hardware unharmed.
I know this idea is similar to phone bashing and all other anti-cell phone idea’s, but I would like to propose a harmless solution.
Booneez 100% Red Fox Urine
http://www.booneez.com/hproduct.htm
(3rd item down.) UB, I'd recommend this over cat piss any day. Much more pungent, and commercially available in a convenient spray.
"So Fred, what do you do?"
"I'm in red fox urine collection, Hank." [waugsqueke, Apr 11 2002]
it's been done...
http://www.phonebashing.com/
[mihali, Apr 11 2002, last modified Oct 04 2004]
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With earplugs I cannot hear the rest of the people... |
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Revenge is a dish best served without ring-tones. |
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The 'software' is firmware, isn't it? Wouldn't the phone just 'reboot'? |
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Cellphonus rantus infinitum, ad nauseum. Get over it. |
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Couldn't you just stick your finger down your throat and then barf on the phone? I think your colleagues/co-workers would get the hint then. |
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-Unabubba- I second the motion. From here on out, lets just replace these rants with the chart of recent stock activity of Nokia! |
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Check for surveillance cameras. Pick up their phone. Throw it against the wall. Deny everything. |
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Answer the call and pretend to be the police. Tell the caller that the phone has been seized in a murder/kiddy fiddling/fraud* inquiry. |
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*Delete as applicable according to your colleagues sex and status. |
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See how many people leave their phones unattended then. |
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Setting aside most evil intentions, I have a few constructive suggestions re- unattended cell phones. |
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1. The Pre-Emptive Strike - turn off the ringer of the offending phone as soon as the owner leaves the room (assuming they are a repeat offender). |
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2. The Power and the Glory - simply remove (and hide) the battery of said offending phone. |
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3. The Forward Thinker - set the offending phone to call-forward all incoming calls to the local AA chapter. |
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4. In extreme cases - duct-tape the cell phone to the owner's head! |
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// we have foxes here... It never occurred to me that they smell bad. // |
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UB, I don't know if the foxes themselves smell bad, but their urine certainly does. I can vouch for this firsthand. A friend of mine was a target of a high-school prank - his nemesis got into his locker and sprayed his jacket with the stuff. Almost vomit-inducing. |
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The idea: this could be a new feature on cell phones. Press a particular series of buttons (or navigate the menu) and a collapsible fly swatter deploys out the antenna of the phone. |
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Why not just have a small soundproofed dome to place over the phone (or a lockable box to put it in) so you can't hear it any more? |
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Just throw it out the window. |
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The convention in my office is that unattended ringing mobiles get put in the fridge. |
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