A Response

My wonderful husband is very intelligent and knows a lot about many things. I enjoy reading things he has written; books, magazine articles, and his blog are all interesting to me. However, I just don't always know what he is talking about. I can tell he is writing in English, but sometimes I'm not even sure about that!

Right now John has a very popular blog post about why Google Talk and Skype are boring. This single entry has had over 1400 hits in less than 48 hours. The comments left on that post indicate that this is a topic to be taking very seriously. Since I was unaware of the earth-shattering ramifications of whether or not SIP protocols are implemented, I really wanted to leave some funny & sarcastic comments. However, judging by the serious nature of the problem, I felt that need to restrain myself.

But, since many of you read both of our blogs and also have no real idea what John is talking about, I decided to write us up an alternative post!

Touch Tone Phones Are Boring, And Here's Why

Many have gone down the sad path of using a touch tone phone. Sadly, this trend has contributed to the deterioration of society and today's youth. All you do is pick up the phone and press a couple of buttons, then you're connected to another person. On some phones you can program in the numbers so you would only have to press “memo” then one number. This is not right. (memo features on phones = lazyness = deterioration of society & youth)

I remember the day when it was necessary to spend up to a minute dialing another number, especially if it had lots of 9s or 0s in it. Dialing these numbers took dedication and strong fingers. (limited dedication = limited value of the person you're calling)

Some may remember the glorious days of party line calling. Then you had to wait for two calls to go through before you could talk with the desired person (you to the operator and the operator to the desired person). The party line system also promoted community. Are you concerned about your neighbor? Just pick up the phone and listen quietly! (fewer people involved in the call = less value of family & community)

Touch tone phones are boring. Let's start a campaign to abolish them!