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Keyword:
Telephone
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Did you ever meet a mother who’s complained that her child phoned her too often… me neither.
Maureen Lipman
(1946 – ) British actress, columnist & comedian
Children
Communication
Family
Mothers
Telephone
The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
Fran Lebowitz
(1950 – ) writer & humorist
Alcohol
Communication
People
Telephone
If a man says, "I'll call you," and he doesn't, he didn't forget, he didn't lose your number, he didn't die… he just didn't want to call you.
Rita Rudner
(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer
Communication
Men
People
Telephone
Remember to never answer a phone during sex, even if you hilariously answer with, ‘I can’t talk now, I’m going into a tunnel.'
Jimmy Carr
(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor
Sex
Things
Telephone
I rang up British Telecom, I said 'I want to report a nuisance caller,' he said 'Not you again.’
Frank Carson
(1926 – 2012) Irish comedian & actor
Communication
Nuisance callers
Telephone
I don’t own a cell phone or a pager; I just hang around everyone I know, all the time.
Mitch Hedberg
(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian
Communication
Pager
Telephone
For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.
Johnny Carson
(1925 – 2005) television host
Communication
Death
Hair
Time
Fingernails
Telephone
If the phone doesn’t ring, it’s me.
Jimmy Buffett
(1946 – ) singer, songwriter, author & businessman
Emotions
Things
(also Firth’s Law of Tailoring)
Telephone
For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press 3.
Alice Kahn
(1943 – 2004) author & psychologist
Science/Weather
Quality of life
Technology
Telephone
All phone calls are obscene.
Karen Elizabeth Gordon
American author
Communication
Language
Obscene
Telephone
The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting.
Dave Barry
(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
Communication
Computers
Science/Weather
Things
Internet
Telephone
It all started when my dog began getting free roll over minutes.
Jay London
(1966 – ) American stand-up comic
Animals
Dogs
Telephone
Men like phones with lots of buttons; it makes them feel important.
Rita Rudner
(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer
Communication
Men
People
Things
Buttons
Telephone
No, you didn’t wake me up; I had to get up to answer the phone anyway.
‘Yogi' Berra
(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Sleep
Yogi-isms
Telephone
1. The telephone will ring when you are outside the door, fumbling for your keys.2. You will reach it just in time to hear the click of the caller hanging up.
Bess’s Universal Principles
Communication
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Telephone
The bathtub was invented in 1850 and the telephone in 1875 … In other words, if you had been living in 1850, you could have sat in the bathtub for 25 years without having to answer the phone.
Bill DeWitt
(1902 – 1982) American professional baseball executive & club owner
Miscellaneous
Things
Bathtub
Telephone
Gossip is nature’s telephone.
Sholom Aleichem
(Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich) (1859 – 1916) Jewish author & humorist
Communication
Gossip
Telephone
Chatterbox: Another name for a telephone booth.
Anonymous
Definitions
Things
Chatterbox
Telephone
My grandma always says that she never gets any phone calls; so, for her birthday, I put one of those ‘How’s my driving?’ bumper stickers on her car.
Chris Hobb
comedian
Autos
Communication
Relationships
Bumper stickers
Grandmothers
Telephone
When a body is immersed in water, the telephone will ring.
Archimedes's Third Principle
Murphy’s Laws
Baths
Telephone
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