June 11, 2002

  • A ‘blog of Tej’s about his new mobile phone habits got me started on a tangent, and I thought I’d repost my response here. Thus:


    Yesterday I was walking down the street and this woman walking the other way was having an extremely animated conversation with Unseen People (via her mobile phone).

    And then I realized that the best way to deal with people who hear voices is to give them a mobile phone. They can just wander around and say shit all day long, and no one will care as long as they’re holding a phone to their ear. It could be a prop phone. Something small and black and vaguely phone-like. Tell them to pretend to dial before talking to the Voices, and they’ll obtain instant social acceptability. As long as no one listens in.

Comments (8)

  • That’s what I use MY phone for. Doesn’t EVERYBODY!?!?

  • …looking at phone.

    “Mine’s made from Legos, the standby time is amazing!”

  • bet they don’t like to warranty though due to the constantly missing pieces.

  • sheer brilliance! i have had that idea myself, having walked downtown daily among mumblers and ranters!

  • and it should dispense candy too.

  • Some people probably thought I needed a “cell phone” last night. I was walking down the sidewalk and ran right through a spiderweb. It wrapped around my face and I’m standing there cursing and clawing at my face. It suddenly occurred to me that no one knew why the hell I was acting like that.

    “Honey….don’t look at him. If you don’t make eye contact, they generally will leave you alone.”

  • Dispense candy? Dispense anti-psychotics!

  • yeah, well, I like to tell people it’s candy…

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