Sure, only pluggers remember payphone-derived idioms and aphorisms. But also, only pluggers still think a dime is actually worthwhile to hold on to rather than something annoying in your pocket, so I’m afraid I don’t buy that our bear-man friend here would actually use one to act out his dramatic little response.
I think the downtown mall still has a couple by the main doors. My HMO replaced theirs with a regular phone so anyone without a cell phone can still call a cab.
Now I rewrote that joke to use it on my grandkids, it goes………."What kind of cell phone do you have? " They always start to tell you, then I say, “Use that to call or text someone who cares!” Works awesome
Zykoic 8 months ago
Was a nickel.
ekke 8 months ago
Your nickel, start talkin’!
Grumpy Old Guy 8 months ago
I remember pay phones, until there weren’t any….
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 8 months ago
Pay phones got converted to wifi hotspots here.
Gent 8 months ago
Ha. Bears team is gonna beats doggies team any day any time.
PraiseofFolly 8 months ago
Is he wearing Playtex Living Gloves? (“So flexible, you can pick up a dime.”)
juicebruce 8 months ago
Can you hear me now ? … ;-)
bluephrog 8 months ago
ah, coins and folding money…refer to today’s Working Daze.
phritzg Premium Member 8 months ago
The responses I remember were either “Wanna bet on it?” or “Who gives a (four-letter-word)”.
storminnorman2010 8 months ago
With inflation, it would be a quarter now.
Olddog1 8 months ago
“Drop a dime,” and “it’s your nickel.” They still exist in the language if nowhere else.
Subguy322 8 months ago
the saying now is, “you got a cell phone? then call someone who cares”.
david_42 8 months ago
The last few times I used a payphone, I was calling the phone company because my landline was out.
Doug K 8 months ago
As long as the floor is clean when they get done …
William Robbins Premium Member 8 months ago
In the bin with “that and 2 bits will buy you a coffee.”
ladykat 8 months ago
I still see the occasional pay phone.
Zen-of-Zinfandel 8 months ago
Plugger answers the payphone, in case Mr. Onion rings.
Bex Premium Member 8 months ago
“Here’s a dime, call your mother and tell her there is serious doubt of you ever becoming a lawyer.” - John Houseman in The Paper Chase.
nsaber 8 months ago
True dilemma – no cell phone in small town with no pay phones and a dead car. Sigh.
David Rickard Premium Member 8 months ago
From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:
Sure, only pluggers remember payphone-derived idioms and aphorisms. But also, only pluggers still think a dime is actually worthwhile to hold on to rather than something annoying in your pocket, so I’m afraid I don’t buy that our bear-man friend here would actually use one to act out his dramatic little response.
mistercatworks 8 months ago
This “floor mopping” thing you speak of …
NaturLvr 8 months ago
As a kid, we were instructed by our mom to always have a dime in our pocket to call home in case of an emergency.
rwg1957rwg 8 months ago
We always kept dimes in our penny loafers, just in case.
KEA 8 months ago
only pluggers understand… “Here’s a dime.”
eddi-TBH 8 months ago
I think the downtown mall still has a couple by the main doors. My HMO replaced theirs with a regular phone so anyone without a cell phone can still call a cab.
eddi-TBH 8 months ago
It went up to a quarter before the phones went extinct.
millersdiveservice 8 months ago
Now I rewrote that joke to use it on my grandkids, it goes………."What kind of cell phone do you have? " They always start to tell you, then I say, “Use that to call or text someone who cares!” Works awesome
MichaelSFC90 8 months ago
I actually had my nephew asked his Mom, “What’s a phone booth?”
mafastore 8 months ago
Per Travis Tritt song – “Here’s a quarter. Call someone who cares.”