# Why is there no white pages for cell phones?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-white-pages-for-cell-phones/733189>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 1, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-white-pages-for-cell-phones/733189 "2015-10-01T23:41:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-white-pages-for-cell-phones/733189/41 "2015-10-06T15:50:27Z")

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> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> Actually, more apropos of thread, “Is my Aunt Minnie there?”

[NameDrop]That was **kaylasmom** ’s Aunt Marion, btw.[/ND]

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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-white-pages-for-cell-phones/733189/42 "2015-10-08T00:21:10Z")

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> [@syncrolecyne](#):
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> I was quite proud of the time I actually appeared in the phone book for the first time. It was something of a signal that I was “a grown up.”

[Navin, is that you?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7aIf1YnbbU)

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