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Some patrons enjoy what the Irish call windups: Phoning someone and putting them on.
Phoning someone six times an hour just to relay your location would seem outright insane.
It's like getting drunk and phoning someone you've just met to shriek that you love him.
The idea of phoning someone to get information seems somewhat superfluous unless you need the information instantly - and even then, an email will often suffice.
It's like phoning someone back after you've hung up on them during a row, to shout: "And another thing…" But where is the TV show that celebrates what people like?
There's nothing worse than phoning someone's mobile and getting an answer phone.
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Because I phoned someone – someone heavily involved in investigating this stuff – to ask how they could believe the Apollo Moon landings were faked.
After all, someone might actually be using the phone: someone who is in the middle of scrolling through a Facebook photo album.
Halfway down the block, before we could get to a pay phone, someone shouted: "That's two of them.
But what gets on my wick are people who decide to phone someone in the middle of a gig.
In fact, in the book Iris says she timed how long Lowell made it before he had to phone someone at a party to talk about his life.
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