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Perhaps it works that way in the UK? Seems odd to me as well.
by mattzito 13y ago
Perhaps it works that way in the UK? Seems odd to me as well.
- StringyBob 13y agoIt lets you do things like receive a call, put the handset down (or even unplug the phone!) then continue by picking up a phone on the same line in another room. It also meant you would accidentally DoS someone by failing to hang up correctly if you initated the call - the pre-mobile equivalent of someone phoning you from the inside of their pocket...
- konradb 13y agoMany years ago, when I used to drink (far too heavily on this occasion) my last memory of an evening was ringing up my Godmother to see how she was; powered by a kind of drunken momentum to say hello to someone I love. I didn't remember anything about the conversation, only that I got up from bed with a pounding headache and thought no more of it. A few days later my godmother phoned me up: "Do you remember what you did a few days ago?" "I think I phoned you up?" It turns out that while she was talking at length I had passed out from the booze. She had spoken for some time and then I hadn't replied. After some time, finding the call strange, she hung up and picked up, only to find the sound of silence; my room in which I had passed out. This was unfortunate as she had quite a few phone calls to make and she was effectively blocked from doing so. Presumably at some point I came back to some kind of consciousness that was capable of putting the receiver down and staggering to bed, but not capable of remembering. Thankfully I was forgiven and suffered only the punishment of wry disapproval. So yes - as a young man I accidentally DoS'ed my Godmother because of stupidity and Stella Artois.