# Phone rates are murder **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [October 13, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-rates-are-murder/556985 "2010-10-13T12:11:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JeremyHilaryB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@JeremyHilaryB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeremyHilaryB)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-rates-are-murder/556985/1 "2010-10-13T12:11:59Z")
You should move to Texas. Then, it would be a local call:) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-rates-are-murder/556985/2 "2010-10-13T12:38:31Z")
After a long search I was able to determine this is a comment on Cecil’s column, **[If spaghetti is Italian, why is it sold by Franco-American?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/385/if-spaghetti-is-italian-why-is-it-sold-by-franco-american)** A follow up question regarding the origin of pasta ended with the following exchange: > [@](#): > > What are your most frequently used sources? > —Sean M., Los Angeles > > Cecil replies: > The Lord and I chat frequently. She’s a font of information,\*\* but the phone bills are murder\*\*. > — Cecil Adams ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-rates-are-murder/556985/3 "2010-10-13T13:46:24Z")
Yesterday’s Cecil’s Clsssic Column. Thanks for the link. (You should always leave sarcastic humor to the experts.)