# Let's share our nice, peaceful cell phone/ SMS alert sounds

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-share-our-nice-peaceful-cell-phone-sms-alert-sounds/490319>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 22, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-share-our-nice-peaceful-cell-phone-sms-alert-sounds/490319 "2009-03-22T04:26:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-share-our-nice-peaceful-cell-phone-sms-alert-sounds/490319/21 "2009-03-23T22:36:32Z")

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I remember someone posting about using a sound grab of Mike Reid (you might remember his as Frank Butcher on _EastEnders_ or Doug the Head in _Snatch_) saying “Fuck off!” as only he can say it…

On preview- holy crap, I didn’t realize he had died! [And on my birthday, no less](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Reid_(entertainer))… ☹

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-share-our-nice-peaceful-cell-phone-sms-alert-sounds/490319/22 "2009-03-23T22:57:08Z")

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> [@EJsGirl](#):
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> **aruvqan** , those are hilarious! My brother has one that is a keening Islamic prayer chant, with someone speaking over it “Infidel, answer your phone!” It’s pretty offensive so he doesn’t use it.
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> How about one of [these](http://www.aprilwinchell.com/2009/02/05/barack-obama-is-tired-of-your-motherfucking-shit/)? 😃

lol i have a few friends that would appreciate the call to prayer modified

Im looking for sound clips all the time, I like to rotate through them for people. I have the dave voice from 2001 for my friend dave=)

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**Author:** ![TheBori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@TheBori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBori)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-share-our-nice-peaceful-cell-phone-sms-alert-sounds/490319/23 "2009-03-24T20:14:03Z")

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My current tone is the opening bars of the theme from Speed Racer (the cartoon)…I end it with the rev of the engine. My text message tones switch between “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia” and “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that”.  
I have a clip of loons calling across a lake that is good for waking up to. I also grabbed the opening percussion line from “No One is to Blame”. Very unobtrusive.  
I clipped tham all in Audacity and loaded them into the phone.  
I’m on a quest to get all my old 60’s cartoon themes in there.

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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-share-our-nice-peaceful-cell-phone-sms-alert-sounds/490319/24 "2009-03-24T22:13:20Z")

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I have the sound of the original Star Trek Enterprise transporter console as my message alert. Calm enough.

For my ringtone I have a recording of my daughter discovering how her voice sounded when she squealed in an echoing underpass. Just for contrast 😃

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