# Officially the World's Most Obnoxious Cell-Phone **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 27, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876 "2005-11-27T04:07:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876/21 "2005-11-27T17:31:47Z")
I would like to find a nice ring tone that sounds like… a ringing telephone. My phone didn’t come with one, and trying to locate and download one for my particular phone has been fruitless. If my phone could sound like a phone, it would. Trust me. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876/22 "2005-11-27T17:44:14Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Oh yeah baby here we go! > > [Answer me!](http://www.jdeconsulting.com/ring/ring3.mp3) (short mp3) Count me in the group that finds this one hysterical. It reminds me of a male version of Peggy Mitchell from _EastEnders_. I alternate between “If You Were Gay” from _Avenue Q_ and “Defying Gravity” from _Wicked_. I don’t think my phone rings enough to really bother anyone, so I’m not worried about it. E. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876/23 "2005-11-27T17:45:30Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > I would like to find a nice ring tone that sounds like… a ringing telephone. My phone didn’t come with one, and trying to locate and download one for my particular phone has been fruitless. > > If my phone could sound like a phone, it would. Trust me. I found an old black dial phone circa 1971 _at an antique store_ . Snapped it up, and turned off the techno-birdies-being-raped ringers on my home phones. Sweet! My cell pimps have an ‘old phone’ ring but it still sounds like it’s played on an cheap Casio. Grrrrrrr ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876/24 "2005-11-27T19:10:11Z")
Of course Eve doesn’t know that her neighbor had a bookcase fall on them and are unable to reach the phone to call for help. They’ll starve to death in a few days. Of course, it will take longer for their cell phone service to be cut off for non-payment. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876/25 "2005-11-27T19:15:30Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Of course Eve doesn’t know that her neighbor had a bookcase fall on them and are unable to reach the phone to call for help. A bookcase? _Them?_ Highly unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![Exploding\_Kitchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Exploding\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exploding_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876/26 "2005-11-27T19:25:44Z")
This is why I keep mine on vibrate. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876/27 "2005-11-27T19:26:32Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > A bookcase? _Them?_ Highly unlikely. Okay, how about a stack of empty pizza boxes? ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876/28 "2005-11-27T19:31:36Z")
[THIS](http://www.supertrap.com/ST_Downloads_files/4%20shot%20cell%20phone.mpg) cell phnoe “rings”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876/29 "2005-11-27T19:33:04Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > [THIS](http://www.supertrap.com/ST_Downloads_files/4%20shot%20cell%20phone.mpg) > cell phnoe “rings”. 😃 D’oh!:smack: Spell check! Always use spell check! PHONE! ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876/30 "2005-11-27T20:58:35Z")
> [@Annie](#): > > I found an old black dial phone circa 1971 _at an antique store_ . Snapped it up, and turned off the techno-birdies-being-raped ringers on my home phones. Sweet! > > My cell pimps have an ‘old phone’ ring but it still sounds like it’s played on an cheap Casio. Grrrrrrr I still have one from when I had my first apartment in 1983. Unfortunately I’m all cell no land right now. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876/31 "2005-11-28T00:06:51Z")
My ring tone is “Beep…beep…beep.” I can live with that. The only problem with it is that it sounds like a computer error tone sometimes. Jim suggested a C chord would make a nice ring tone. I might also like a nice harp glissando. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876/32 "2005-11-28T00:48:04Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Why not just a ringtone akin to my neighbors’, that shrieks, “I’M A HUGE GAPING ASSHOLE!” Under **Jackmannii** Martial Law, this announcement would be programmed into every cellphone, to go off automatically when the user switched to walkie-talkie mode. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Violaceous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Miss\_Violaceous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Violaceous)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876/33 "2005-11-28T04:46:51Z")
My cell phone has the same ring as the one they use on Law and Order. They do that fade-in thing when a character answers the phone, and it always gets me. I don’t really use my phone that often, but I’ve become conditioned. My old phone had programmable custom ringtones, not downloaded ones. I had the theme to “Star Trek: Voyager” as my ring. I miss that phone so. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876/34 "2005-11-28T05:45:14Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Why not just a ringtone akin to my neighbors’, that shrieks, “I’M A HUGE GAPING ASSHOLE!” I had no idea goatse spread that far into the e-commerce market. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876/35 "2005-11-28T05:56:15Z")
> [@Exploding Kitchen](#): > > This is why I keep mine on vibrate. Suuuure it is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-the-worlds-most-obnoxious-cell-phone/332876.md?page=1)