lot of the younger folks won’t know this but it used to be that if you yanked hard enough on a land line telephone you could pull the phone out of the person’s hand that you were talking to - ThreadSky

ygrene.bsky.social • 13 days ago

lot of the younger folks won’t know this but it used to be that if you yanked hard enough on a land line telephone you could pull the phone out of the person’s hand that you were talking to

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uzmab.bsky.social•13 days ago

Never try this with your mother. Trust me.

blonicyouth.bsky.social•13 days ago

if you dunked the handset in water, it would squirt out on the other end

chronicangst.bsky.social•13 days ago

🏆

trawna.com•13 days ago

This still works with recent smart phones! Try it!

trawna.com•13 days ago

Also, if you throw your smart phone really hard against a wall or the floor, the person you’re talking to will feel their phone vibrate in their hand!

langewhopper.bsky.social•13 days ago

also if you knew the code you could listen in on Gerald Ford

jackcraw.bsky.social•13 days ago

And you could light their cigarette

jsmithsfc.bsky.social•12 days ago

If you got the wrist action right you could cause a whiplash effect, endless fun

stvp.bsky.social•13 days ago

The good ol' days.

chronicangst.bsky.social•13 days ago

🏆

thoughtcat.bsky.social•13 days ago

And you can't do this anymore because of woke

daedsider.bsky.social•13 days ago

My favorite was yelling so loudly that my mouth came out of their phone

winifred-haun.bsky.social•12 days ago

It was also very satisfying to slam the phone down to hang up on someone who pissed you off

donni.bsky.social•13 days ago

Also you could send them a spider… but no one’s ready for that conversation

hazelazureus.bsky.social•13 days ago

this is why they had the curly cables, to slow the process long enough to allow the recipient of the joke to wind the cable around several furniture objects to render them immune

cerebralclown.bsky.social•6 days ago

Fact. My grandma wrecked my aunt Opal twice

weirdo95.bsky.social•12 days ago

I don't think most of them have ever seen a paper cup telephone.

surdfish.bsky.social•13 days ago

Hence 'crank calls'

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