Frustrated, I called the land line, and my mother answered.
"Is Dad trying to reach me?" I asked.
"He got a new cellphone and he's trying to figure out how to use it," she said. "He's driving me crazy. Do me a favor and call him again."
So I did and listened. One ring. (He must be trying to figure out which button to press.) Two rings. (Still hasn't found it.) Three rings. (Seriously, Dad?) Four rings.
He picked up at last, and I listened for his voice. But all I heard was my mother in the background. "Now say hello, for god's sake!"
The phone went dead. A few minutes later, my mother called back. "I suppose you're going to blog about this," she said.
I couldn't deny it. I was laughing too hard.
6 comments:
That seems delightfully appropriate, somehow. :D He forgot to say hello in his new phone?
Thanks for the chuckle this morning, Ellen! My mom has had a cell phone for at least ten years and still, every time she calls me she literally SCREAMS into the phone. I always say, "Mom, you do realize these aren't two tin cans tied together with string, right?" ;)
I almost choked on my tea..how adorable your parents are!
Thanks for the smile to start my day.
*grin*
Thanks, friends! Glad I'm not the only one amused by this!!
A striking similarity to the conversations I have with my 3-year-old. ("Now say 'hello'!")
That is too funny...thanks for the laugh!!!
My mom has had a cell phone for quite a long time now and every time it rings she just looks at it like it's about to do a trick and each time she says "Now, how do I answer this thing"....like she just got it yesterday!!!! And it never fails...by the time she actually answers it, they're gone!
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