... the pay phone rings. What do you do?

[Ashwyn]

I'd answer and say "What are you wearing?".

 

[Dark Jezter]

I remember hearing a payphone on Auckland's central street ringing once.

I spent ten minutes trying to spot the hidden camera.

-Hyp.

"It's a trap!!!"

 

[I'm A Banana]

No way would I answer it! I don't want to get shot by Keifer Sutherland. Yeah, he's dreamy, but that's not how I want to meet him.

This guy?

Shot through the heart....

 

[Admiral Akbar]

"It's a trap!!!"

That's my line!

 

[Remathilis]

>>on the other end of the line would be a mysterious child's voice saying, "Are you my mummy?". And then I'd look down and see that the phone wasn't even connected to any wiring...

Excellent Dr. Who flashback, great episode!

-DM Jeff

A FANTASTIC episode even!

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

It makes me sad that you can't call payphones in Canada...

AR

 

[Napftor]

Well - needless to say - I am a totally boring person that does not want to be recruited by the CIA and so I didn't take the opportunity and answer the phone, but - what would you have done?

And - better yet - if you were making a movie or writing a story: what would have happened after you picked it up?

I probably would not have answered it. Here's why. There used to be a pay phone down the street from me I could see from the living room window. One sunny day, my pastor and some church folk were having some kind of walkathon. When I saw my pastor stop neat the phone, a visiting friend and I couldn't help but give him a call (since we had written down the # for just such an occasion). When he picked up the phone I replied, "Pastor Uhler...this is GOD." When he started to ask a question, I hung up. For sure I'm going to Hades for that.

As for how I would put a mysterious phone call in story, the voice would ask the unsuspecting passerby how old they were. If the age was in the appropriate range, the booth would close and teleport the victim to another time/place. Then let the hilarity ensue.

 

[Napftor]

"It's a trap!!!"

I'm sure I quote this line at every module.

 

[Lady_Acoma]

By the way, "girl of your dreams"?, I believe that the original poster does not seek "a girl of her dreams" (Lady Acoma maybe, but probably not Queen Doppelpopolis).

Maybe she is seeking the girl of my dreams for me? She's pretty helpful like that you know... And I am helpless so it all works out for the best.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Originally Posted by Dark Jezter


"It's a trap!!!"

I'm sure I quote this line at every module.

Between that and "I have a bad feeling about this...."