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If they liked you.
Yes, it's true
And you know how I know?
Because I am that phone
If you're that phone
Then who was phone?
Yes. They would also give away matchbooks. That way if you got murdered, a hard boiled detective could look in your pockets and find a clue to your last whereabouts.
The implication being that everyone smokes so much, they go through one matchbook pretty quickly.
I think the reasoning is more that you pick it up at the bar to light a cigarette, drop it in your pocket, and then the next time you safely empty your pockets it'll be gone. If you never make it to that last step, your gumshoe's got a clue!
Even as recently as 2008, but it was a cordless phone and a dive bar that hadn't changed much since the 80s
it was a cordless phone and a dive bar that hadn't changed much since the 80s
I still have one of these
I've yet to find one with a working payphone in the last 5-10 years, but several with non-working payphones in little booths they never bothered to rip out
I've yet to find one with a working payphone in the last 5-10 years, but several with non-working payphones in little booths they never bothered to rip out
I know of a few in the area that replaced theirs with dedicated phones that only call a single cab company. I assume they get some sort of cut or space rental fee for the phone.
The bar my father spent all his time at had a phone like that. I used to have to call him there sometimes. If he wasn't home or at work, that's the place he'd be.
You'd think it'd be embarrassing to have your children calling the bar for you, but it didn't seem to bother him.
Did you ever ask to speak to I. C. Weiner?
The joke is that if your wife phoned the pub or bar, they would give varying answers depending on how much you paid.
There were songs written in the 1970s about this very scenario
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
If you're calling a cab, absolutely
During the wild West saloons would have all-you-can-eat buffets and you'd only need to order a single beer to get access to them
my babysitter had a corded phone in the middle of the house and the cord was so long and had a little stretch to it that you could get to all four exterior walls with it. standard probably 1970s suburb sized house.
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