SovietBeerTruckOperator [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 12 hours agoIs it true that in "ye olden times" you could sit at a dingy bar and ask the bartender for a phone and they'd give you a rotary phone on a long as cord so you could make a call while slinging drinks?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareIs it true that in "ye olden times" you could sit at a dingy bar and ask the bartender for a phone and they'd give you a rotary phone on a long as cord so you could make a call while slinging drinks?SovietBeerTruckOperator [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
I’ve seen that in several 70s and 80s movies and I don’t buy it’s real. Wouldn’t the bar just have a payphone?
minus-squareFlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·12 hours agoYes, it’s true And you know how I know? Because I am that phone
minus-squareBanSwitch2Buyers [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 hours agoIf you’re that phone Then who was phone?
minus-squareHiImThomasPynchon [des/pair, it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 hours ago
Yes, it’s true
And you know how I know?
Because I am that phone
If you’re that phone
Then who was phone?