Brum, Land of the Brummies: Exasperated Brummies have been left with long waits and repeatedly been transferred to wrong Departments because the strong Brummie accent has baffled the voice recognition software.
The Brummie twang causes the machin...
Following the release of the iPhone 5, the eyes of the world have turned their gaze back towards Cupertino, California and asked, "Oi! Apple! What else you got?"
The rumour mill is abuzz with reports of the technology giant's intention to release...
A local man was full of praise for HM Revenue & Customs today after using their Self Assessment helpline.
He claimed that trying to sort out an issue with the Cardiff-based tax office led to him enjoying the "best sleep I've had in months."...
AT&T has unveiled its latest TV commercial, "Silent Treatment." The spot is intended to celebrate the advantage of having AT&T's messaging plan.
It opens with the new spokeswoman for AT&T, a neurotic teenage girl, sitting in her room...
Murray Hill, NJ 11/11/11 - Long before we run out of oil, clean water, or helium, we will run out of phone numbers. Since the first direct-dialed long distance phone call was placed on November 10, 1951, the "ten digit dialing plan" has worked relia...
In a shocking new book scheduled for release in time for Christmas purchases, Monica Lewinsky describes how she used then President Clinton's secure "RED PHONE" for sexual chatter and clitoral stimulation. This phone, which is supposed to be enabled...
A local man died while on the telephone to Virgin Media, a court heard today.
The post-mortem hearing concerned Clive Pheebs, 43, who was attempting to report a fault on the line of a number he was trying to reach, when the death occurred.
"Mr...
Rosco Jennings has been told he is not smart since he was 5 years old. Now in his 30's Jennings faces ridicule from friends and family each day he uses his "smart phone"
"Everyone always says, hey it's pretty ironic that an idiot like you is usin...
Liza Colburn uses her cellphone constantly. She taps out her grocery lists, records voice memos (e.g. walk Fido, break up with that loser Frank), listens to music at the gym, tracks her caloric intake and posts frequent updates to her Twitter and Fa...
British Telephone Books are just flying off the shelves...even though they are FREE.
A huge number of Susan Boyle's American Fanatics are ordering them in huge numbers as a result of something they read with SuBo's name attached to it.
If anyo...
An angry group of 30 telemarketers, selected to represent telemarketers from over 70 companies, met today with executives from the phone company over the recent trend of people using their pet's names instead of their own in the phone book. The telem...
Some New Year's revelers who knew they were too sodded to drive, tried to call for a tow home as promised in ads all over the local television news.
Instead the callers who needed help in getting home got relayed to a pornography number.
"I got...
Bits of conversation overheard of people talking on cellphones while reading books for free at Barnes & Noble Cafe:
"So my attorney, Mr. Randolf jumped up and shouted, "I object, your honor! His 'alleged' cannibalism! 'Alleged!' cannibalism!"
"Boy Ralphie did I just have a wonderful crap while I was talking to you awhile ago. It set the hand blower off on the wall. They're still back the...
A new mobile handset is set to be launched and take the rapping world by storm.
The Banana Aiii-phone is due for release in the next three minutes worldwide. Specifically designed with the rapper or 'street' bling merchant in mind, it will come pa...
The telephone company said that Booty Calls will be added to the list of optional services provided to their customers. Booty calls will be charged in a similar fashion to call forwarding, call waiting, and 3 way calling (which can be used in conjun...
Houston - Texas has passed legislation outlawing handgun shaped cell phones.
The hand gun shaped cell phones took off here when first introduced here by Smith and Wesson as they came complete with a holster in keeping with Texas's Wild West past...
BT is introducing guidelines for phone users to know the difference between their area code and their phone number. Some people quote a shortened version of the code and stick the remainder of the code onto the start of the number.
So, for example...
As US President Barack Obama flew across the Atlantic yet again, he suddenly had a brainwave, and invented the modern telephone.
'I thought 'What if I could have a machine that would allow me stay in Washington DC, yet still speak with world leade...