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Take a look at highlights from this large collection of wacky vintage novelty phones

Kids today just don’t know what they’re missing. Yesterday I called up my local cable company in hopes of setting up a landline. Not that…

Bennett Kogon
Sep 15, 2017

Phone scammers called *this one programmer* and immediately regretted it!

Face it, we live in an era defined by “fake news,” identity theft, and countless nefarious schemes to separate you from your money through false…

Martin Schneider
Jun 27, 2017

Utterly bizarre commercial for an all-crying 900 phone line

There’s a certain unadorned beauty to the voiceover pitch in this commercial for a deeply puzzling 900 number consisting solely of shots of people crying…

Martin Schneider
Oct 4, 2016

i-Monster: Horribly gruesome cases for your smart phone

Morgan Loebel is an artist and dental technician who makes creepy, monstrous and downright scary phone covers out of polymer clay. Loebel calls his gruesome…

Paul Gallagher
Jul 5, 2016

Genius prank phone calls made by ‘Melba Jackson,’ a kooky 92-year-old Christian conservative lady

As a longtime aficionado of prank phone calls, I have a special place in my heart for the work–make that the Lord’s work–done by one…

Richard Metzger
Sep 9, 2015

PSA announcement from Mad Max’s Toecutter: ‘Turn off your cell phone and shut your face!’

Toecutter Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse is known for their quirky public service announcements instructing people to not talk or use cell phones during movie screenings. Here’s…

Marc Campbell
May 14, 2015

Adam Ant meets Native Americans and gets a late night phone call from Michael Jackson

I recently stumbled upon the fascinating Stand & Deliver: The Documentary on You Tube and found myself enthralled as the extremely well-read Adam Ant revealed…

Christopher Bickel
Apr 28, 2015

This is what the bacteria that lives on your cell phone looks like

This week the University of Surrey in England released images of the types of bacteria that live on cell phones. Scientist at the university put…

Paul Gallagher
Jan 16, 2015

Teach your kids how to use the phone with terrifying puppets

Anyone who’s ever observed the rate at which a four-year-old figures out an iPhone is well aware of how quickly kids pick up on new…

Amber Frost
Oct 15, 2014

Louis C.K. says the truest, most profound thing ever said about smart phones

The man is a gift from the comedy gods, we all know this–but if this isn’t the truest thing ever said about smart phones, then…

Richard Metzger
Sep 20, 2013

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