answer your phone with a punchline - Page 2

Sundae · 01-25-2008, 07:37 AM

My Dad used to answer the phone, "Yo!" after seeing it in an episode of an American show. He was amazed that anyone got away with answering a phone like that, so took to doing it himself as a weird kind of proof that no-one did (?!)

I found it highly embarrassing as I was 14/15 and no-one, but no-one said "Yo" in my town, let alone people's Dads. My friends loved it.

classicman · 01-25-2008, 07:45 AM

I still answer the phone with a hearty "Yo"

Flint · 01-25-2008, 09:49 AM

...or I could just answer "I'm a frayed knot" and listen to people stammer...how did I know what they were going to ask?

Razzmatazz13 · 01-25-2008, 10:48 AM

My boyfriend has several of these which he uses to answer the phone for his friends...but of course I can't remember any of them right now. Dern.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-25-2008, 10:54 AM

My machine says, "If you know me, you know you have to speak up. If you don't know me, what the hell are you calling me for?"

Shawnee123 · 01-25-2008, 10:54 AM

Well, thanks for playing!

ferret88 · 01-25-2008, 12:55 PM

Since I screen all my calls (ain't caller ID wunnerful!), most of what I answer is "Yeah."

Sometimes at work the answer is "Kelly's Pool Hall. Kelly speaking."

SteveBsjb · 01-26-2008, 08:27 AM

"... and that was the second time I got crabs. Oh, hello?"

lumberjim · 01-26-2008, 08:47 AM

I try to say stuff like that when someone joins a chat.

Cicero · 01-26-2008, 11:29 AM

I prefer the reverse obscene phone call....Your friend calls: answer the phone and breath heavy...moan a little...speak some dirty words into the phone.

DucksNuts · 01-27-2008, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveBsjb

"... and that was the second time I got crabs. Oh, hello?"

Wtf did I miss?

BigV · 01-29-2008, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

Joe's Abortions! You make em, we scrape em. No fetus can beat us!

Wouldn't either of these be more poetically awful:

Joe's Abortions! You make em, we bake em. No fetus can beat us!

or

Joe's Abortions! You rape em, we scrape em. No fetus can beat us!

regular.joe · 01-29-2008, 05:28 PM

BigV...just out of curiosity...is that a roman numeral 5 or a capital V??

BigV · 01-29-2008, 07:20 PM

yes

regular.joe · 01-29-2008, 10:14 PM

Yea...that's what I was thinking it was.

01-25-2008, 07:37 AM	#16
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	My Dad used to answer the phone, "Yo!" after seeing it in an episode of an American show. He was amazed that anyone got away with answering a phone like that, so took to doing it himself as a weird kind of proof that no-one did (?!) I found it highly embarrassing as I was 14/15 and no-one, but no-one said "Yo" in my town, let alone people's Dads. My friends loved it. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-25-2008, 07:45 AM	#17
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I still answer the phone with a hearty "Yo" __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-25-2008, 09:49 AM	#18
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	...or I could just answer "I'm a frayed knot" and listen to people stammer...how did I know what they were going to ask? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

01-25-2008, 10:48 AM	#19
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	My boyfriend has several of these which he uses to answer the phone for his friends...but of course I can't remember any of them right now. Dern. __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

01-25-2008, 10:54 AM	#20
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	My machine says, "If you know me, you know you have to speak up. If you don't know me, what the hell are you calling me for?" __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-25-2008, 10:54 AM	#21
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Well, thanks for playing!

01-25-2008, 12:55 PM	#22
ferret88 (This space left intentionally UN-blank.) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 604	Since I screen all my calls (ain't caller ID wunnerful!), most of what I answer is "Yeah." Sometimes at work the answer is "Kelly's Pool Hall. Kelly speaking."

01-26-2008, 08:27 AM	#23
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	"... and that was the second time I got crabs. Oh, hello?" __________________ "It's only an internet community."

01-26-2008, 08:47 AM	#24
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I try to say stuff like that when someone joins a chat. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-26-2008, 11:29 AM	#25
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	I prefer the reverse obscene phone call....Your friend calls: answer the phone and breath heavy...moan a little...speak some dirty words into the phone. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

01-29-2008, 05:28 PM	#28
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	BigV...just out of curiosity...is that a roman numeral 5 or a capital V?? __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

01-29-2008, 07:20 PM	#29
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	yes __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-29-2008, 10:14 PM	#30
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	Yea...that's what I was thinking it was. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

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