Ringtones.

I don't have one - in fact, I hate mobile phones but can't live without them. (It's a love-hate relationship );. I've mentioned it here before. I just find them intrusive but goddamit, I need one.

I stick to vibrate but - on the rare occasions I turn the sound on - I stick to good old fashioned 'ring ring'.

Anyway, I don't begrudge anyone who has one - it's up to them and most of my mates have one - but...

word of advice to the woman in the supermarket, earlier:

if you're going to have a ringtone, DON'T have John Denver's 'You Fill Up My Senses'.

onenitealone said:

Mine is Pretty in Pink (Psychedelic Furs). It's just cheeky enough, I think.

My general tone is the theme song from "Baseball Tonight" on ESPN



I have others assigned to various friends...Blitzkrieg Bop, theme song from Scarface, Flavor of the Week, Protek ya Neck....so on and so on....

I haven't looked into the ringtones one could get for free and I CERTAINLY cannot bring myself to pay for a ringtone, so at this point it is one of the "old-fashioned ring-ring" type rings.

On my old phone, the theme to Monty Python's Flying Circus was a default ring tone you could choose and I had that for the longest time. I LOVED it!!

CarrieMpls said:

No, that's PERFECT for you! And it's a cool song. Just I'm weird about them.

When I heard that woman's phone go 'Doo doo doo doo doo dooooo dooooo...', I was cracking up.

Hope all's well, Carrie.

jerseykrs said:

Theme to Cagney & Lacey?

Nothinbutjoy said:

I would have had to walk away from you.


I'm just kidding, sorry. You must have chuckled every time the phone rang.

onenitealone said:

eheheh, 'You Fill Up My Senses' can be heard on the terraces at Sheffield United. Here are the lyrics which remind me of home...

'You fill up my senses
Like a packet of Woodbines
Like a gallon of Magnet
Like a good pinch of snuff!

Like a night out in Sheffield
Like a greasy chip butty
Like Sheffield United
Come thrill me again!

Na na na na na oooh!

Anyway, I hate everything about ring tones. Whoever works for Jamster should be shot.

mine sounds like an old telephone. i usually have mine on vibrate. the only way i will get a ringtone is if i can buy a sample of the god warrior screaming "you're NOT CHRISTIANNN!!!"

now THAT would be a ringtone.

mine is usually on vibrate or silent 'cause i just don't like communicating with people . but i have an annoying ringtone for people i dont really want to talk to, its the boss from the movie "office space" saying "ummm i'm gonna need you to come in tomorrow...about 9....great" ...SO annoying . and then i have "rock the casbah" by the clash.

brownsugar said:

those are cool ringtones.

i wish there was software you could buy where you could sample your own ringtones. then i'd be a big ol' ringtone whore.

Anx said:

that would be nice. i got US Cellular, i can preview the lists of ringtones they have from my phone.

i'd like a ringtone of the beginning of "sexuality".

OWWWAH!!! OWWWAH!! OWWAH!!! *ohmygodanswerthedamnphone*

I have a special ring for everyone... I recently got Dare by Gorillas that I like so much that I have it for everyone... this week..

I'm a ringtone nerd

JDINTERACTIVE said:

John Denver must be spinning in his grave.

I don't know WHO comes up with half of these chants but that's fantastic.

brownsugar said:

Good choice!

I know where you're coming from. I spend all day on the phone so, sometimes, by the time I go home I'm sick of the sound of my own voice. Plus, if I'm with someone and the phone goes, I hate the interruption. It's just that I've chosen to spend time with that person. So I may answer it or it goes straight to answerphone.

It's just some stupid rule I've invented for myself which my mates have (begrudgingly) become accustomed to.

Anx said:

Or the 'Something In The Water...' scream.

Lizzy7701 said:

Apart from looking at the handset, how do you remember who's calling? I'd get totally confused!

I'm most of time on descreet


Hi sweetie

AndGodCreatedMe said:

Hello lovely!

We must be two very discreet persons, then.

onenitealone said:

maybe we have reasons to be

One of my absolute biggest pet peaves.

AndGodCreatedMe said:

We don't want the world knowing all our business, do we??

GangstaFam said:

You and you brother would have a nightmare trying to decide which ringtone to use.

onenitealone said:

Yeah, I know.

My mom has the super annoying Can Can one that's scarred me for life.

Whenever I hear one in public, I just wanna snatch the phone out of the offender's hand and pull a full-on Naomi Campbell on 'em.

GangstaFam said:

If your mother starts doing the Can Can in public, that's when you're in trouble.

onenitealone said:

I totally wouldn't put it past her. She's that shameless.

GangstaFam said:

Dressed as Buster Bloodvessel.

onenitealone said: