Cell phones more important than sex!

[Drake Tungsten]

....Ok, then I'll take Nebraska plus 4 and just cancel the Colorado bet....

Doesn't get more important than that...

[DaShi]

Originally posted by mindseye
Here in China, cellphones are used mainly as portable mesaging devices. The cost structure is different, texting is far cheaper. Personally, my use is about 95% text, 5% voice.

You can certainly find people (e.g. suits) who use lots of voice (or in China I should say YELLING ) time, but by far the norm is to use mobiles as portable email.

Can anyone comment on useage in other parts of the globe (India, Arab world, etc)?

I like the system here as well. Text messaging is also helping to improve my Chinese.

[Alexander's Horse]

when Mum rings you must answer

[Verres]

I generally ignore my phone anyway to be honest - i figure if its that important they'll keave a msg.

Having said that....I *always* answer it if it rings during sex, mainly to make the male in question feel inadequate and humiliated. Especially if the conversation ends up lasting an hour or so.

Wonder why I'm single

[MikeH]

Have never answered during sex but people seem to have an uncanny knack of phoning at the wrong time. How do they know?

[Flubber]

Now a phone call just after sex has been concluded can be a bonus. For the one-night stand people it provides and easy excuse to ensure a quick exit.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Verres
I generally ignore my phone anyway to be honest - i figure if its that important they'll keave a msg.

Having said that....I *always* answer it if it rings during sex, mainly to make the male in question feel inadequate and humiliated. Especially if the conversation ends up lasting an hour or so.

Wonder why I'm single

It can be even more effective if you throw in a phrase like " I haven't had good sex in ages either" or "Ralph, yes last night was fantastic . . . I'll be over in 10 minutes"

[Gibsie]

Urban Ranger wins the thread for not referring to the airtime minutes and texts that he pays money for as being "free", unlike the others going on about how much free stuff they pay for.

[mindseye]

Originally posted by DaShi

I like the system here as well. Text messaging is also helping to improve my Chinese.

Wo yi yang de!

My Taiwanese friend says texting is used less in Taiwan because traditional Chinese characters (fantizi) are too hard to read on the tiny screen.

Just think, Mao foresaw the LCD!

[The Emperor Fabulous]

I've never interrupted, but have been interrupted twice. Both times the girl received a call from her significant other.

...both times I didn't know at the time they had a significant other...

...both times it didn't prevent a continuation...

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Jaguar
What if all of the Eventis people were spamming the forum with aardvarks and creating copycat threads? Would you interrupt sex to ban them?

He's ask me to bomb you back

[Mrs. Tuberski]

cell phone or any phone not that important unless im on call for work. If not on call they can leave a message or call back.
For the phone during a date, well when i did date i used it for help during a lame ass date. If the guy was boring me to tears id have the phone in my lap and hit a button that would call my friend. if i didnt say anything shed call me back and rescue me. Sneaky but affective.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski
cell phone or any phone not that important unless im on call for work. If not on call they can leave a message or call back.
For the phone during a date, well when i did date i used it for help during a lame ass date. If the guy was boring me to tears id have the phone in my lap and hit a button that would call my friend. if i didnt say anything shed call me back and rescue me. Sneaky but affective.

I have my admin aide buzz be 10 minutes into any rep meeting... If the person is worth listening too, I ignore it and tell them how important this meeting is... and if they are sucking wind and are boring... I answer, tell them it's an emergency, and to wrap up their sales pitch in 1 minute

[Spiffor]

I hqve no cell phone, and I don't intend to get one in the near future. I hate the idea of being accessible any time of the day. I might end up buying one as I'm looking for a job, but should it happen, I don't intend to give the number to any non-professional acquaintance (girlfriend and family included)

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by Ming




I have my admin aide buzz be 10 minutes into any rep meeting... If the person is worth listening too, I ignore it and tell them how important this meeting is... and if they are sucking wind and are boring... I answer, tell them it's an emergency, and to wrap up their sales pitch in 1 minute

So that's why you never answer my calls