I have a 20+ year old phone with a mute button that lights up a red LED when pushed. I keep all my other digital phones within earshot muted. So I press a button to turn off the phone to go to bed.
We need to get together to create a mass-market mute button phone that clearly shows (like with an LED) when the phone is muted. We could call it “Mute Button, Inc”.
Paul-Cincy on January 3, 2013 at 8:11 PM

Yup, gotta keep those ringing little suckers quiet.

Almost.

Hey, I like Ann Coulter. But I have to admit to silent dishwasher envy. Anyhoo, she forgot to mention those mega-high-decibel, ear-drum busting, automatic flush toilets which go off like grenades before you have a chance to either exit the stall or put your fingers in your ears.

Buy Danish on January 3, 2013 at 7:31 PM

+1. The toilet in my wife college dorm apartment had one of those. I was afraid of the darn thing. Stand too close when you hit the handle and you could end up in the river! I swear it made my ears pop. It didn’t flush; it tore a hole in the space/time continuum.

With, well, everything, is this really all Ann can think to write about?

Count to 10 on January 3, 2013 at 8:42 PM

Probably. Ann has so little cognitive power I’m amazed she doesn’t spontaneously forget how to BREATHE. My favorite webcomic artist’s blog beat the hell out of her books, which by the way I have a set of that nobody will buy for even $1 apiece.

Paul-Cincy on January 3, 2013 at 8:28 PM

Sorry, I see that I misread your comment on previewing emoticons

You can use the “preview” feature to experiment, without actually subjecting everyone to it.

Paul-Cincy on January 3, 2013 at 8:28 PM

Nah, the more emoticons, the better for everyone!

btw, GE phones frequently came with mechanical On/Off switches – I know this because I used to specifically look for that feature.

Paul-Cincy on January 3, 2013 at 8:28 PM

Oh, come now. No one’s reading the Coulter entries.

You are Teh Awesome.

DrMagnolias on January 3, 2013 at 8:26 PM

I know. I’m brilliant.