Ring Ring Telephone Rings

Somebody says baby what you doin'...

"Please wait until the Captain turns off the Fasten Seat Belt sign. This will indicate that we have parked at the gate and that it is safe for you to move about. Please take care when opening the overhead compartments because items may have shifted. If you can reach your cellphone without getting into your carry-on bags you may turn it on now." 

Sing, sing a song!

The plane comes alive! Ding, boing boing, ta-ta-da, ring, Hallelujah! Each activated cellphone come to life, receiving all of the important messages, texts and Facebook updates that transpired during the flight. Passengers look around sheepishly, especially the little man of the cloth whose phone was singing hallelujah, then hurriedly look at their screens or start pressing the buttons to make contact with the outside world.

I’ve often wondered what, if anything, a person’s ringtone says about them. I’ve had “Pretty Woman”, not because I thought I was but because for some reason that song gives me confidence in a trying situation. One Christmas I changed it to “Hard Candy Christmas” because it’s one of my favorite Christmas songs. I had “Sweet Escape” for a while because I learned how to say “causeI’vebeenactingikesourmilkallonthefloorit’syourfaultyoudidn’tshuttherefrigeratormaybethat’sthereasonI’vebeenactingsocold”
…but of course that part wasn’t in the ringtone. I paid for that one and also for “Need You Now”. I really like that song but embarrassed myself when I was at a serious meeting and my phone went off and sang “I'm a little drunk and I need you now”. Right now I have a factory ringtone that sounds like a robot. He says, “You have an incoming call”. I think it’s funny but I can’t ever hear it.

For a while I assigned different ringtones to different people so I knew without looking whether I wanted to answer or not. I even found a website where I could upload a file and edit the song to what I wanted for the ringtone. It’s free and you can either download it or use it on the web. http://makeownringtone.com/

Think about it. Wouldn’t it be interesting to know why people choose the tones they choose? What does that say about their personality? The government  wastes spends  a lot of money on silly things.
I think that analyzing the character traits attached to custom ringtones would probably fall into that category. If that’s the case I could probably land a research grant. And for somewhere around $50,000.00 I’m sure I could find a connection.

In the meantime, listen to those ringtones. Look at the people attached and see if you can figure anything out! What’s your ringtone and why do you have it? That’s the essential question.

I've been wonderin' where you've been...

I’m still working on that secret project. It’s about finished and I’ll take pictures and send it off. I  wound some yarn today for a Hitchhiker scarf/shawl. I got the yarn on the trip to Utah. It’s Noro Lily and there was a sample, in another color, that sold me. I'm anxious to start!

Noro Lily for Hitchhiker

Close up of yarn

It’s funny about that yarn shop. We were on the way home from the trip to Utah this summer and we passed through Minturn, Colorado. There on the corner was a yarn store. I said, “Yarn store”, and Alan swerved into the parking lot. He’s learning!

Ironic that there's a One Way sign there!

I hear something, kind of a mechanical weird sound. Oh yeah, it’s my phone! I really need to get a better ringtone.

And let the telephone ring...