Entries tagged “cell phones”

Jan 19, 2011

Farhad Manjoo, in Slate, explains why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period:

Can I let you in on a secret? Typing two spaces after a period is totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong.

Part of the problem is that most smartphones (BlackBerrys, Androids, and iPhones, at least) have an option to automatically insert a period and a space if you hit two spaces after a letter, thereby reinforcing the “two spaces” action at the end of a sentence. I doubt I will be able to break the habit (however, I did switch the wrist I wear my watch on, so there’s a chance).

Why I Like Blondes

August 15, 2008 at 6:00pm • One comment

I was on the phone with a friend of mine, who happens to be blonde, and she started to tell me about a boat party.  Since she was on a cell phone, and there was some background noise, I wasn’t sure if she said “boat” or “goat”, so I asked her…

Me: Wait, ‘boat party’ or ‘goat party’?
Her: Boat as in baa.
Me: Uh…um…uh…you, uh…you do realize that didn’t exactly clear it up for me, right?

Cell Phone Oops #1

July 22, 2001 at 11:40am • Zero comments

One nice summer evening I was at a get together at a friends apartment.  The apartment’s on the 26th floor and has a balcony with a very nice view. I was on said balcony enjoying the view and talking on my cell phone, when my buddy (who we’ll call “Einstein”) came up behind me and slapped me on the back, to say “Hi”.  This slap cause my phone to leap from my hand, hit the balcony floor, and fall off the balcony toward the courtyard below.

I never actually saw the phone hit the courtyard because it was dark.  When I got down to the lobby of the building and asked the doorman if he heard something fall into the courtyard, he told me that the cellphone was in a lot of pieces as he handed me a few of the bigger pieces.