Why do you like to mimic phone ringtones?
Because my breed likes to imitate noisy, irritating sounds! And, it’s a never-ending vocal exercise for me because the members of my human family, and their visiting relatives, have so many different ringtones that I’m never short on material!
Mom has the song “Mustang Sally” set as her ringtone. (Will she ever grow up?) My dad has a very loud ring that he still can’t hear so he misses calls—therefore, I’ve learned to imitate a phone that is never answered. My brother, Derek, has a new sound on his phone every time he visits so there’s always a rock-and-roll tune blaring from his pocket.
My mom recently came home with a Motorola Droid cell phone. It does everything but wipe her nose! I’ve been watching from the sidelines as she reads the booklet that came with it in a useless effort to understand how it works. You know you’re in over your head when you have to ask your granddaughter how to answer the phone and trust me, she’s drowning! This is a woman who needs to call Best Buy’s Geek Squad to turn on the television.
My dad is usually on home phone duty because mom ignores it, which makes him crazy. If it rings; it must be answered (I think there’s a movie title in there somewhere). Actually, I’ve seen her roll her eyes when any telephone goes off so I have to question why she just took herself deeper into technology with the Droid. She currently has the landline phone (the one she doesn’t answer) next to her cell phone (the one she can’t figure out how to answer), which is next to her laptop. I’m waiting for her desk to catch fire. I think she’s in danger of high-teching herself into a mental hospital.
