Didja Know..........? Monday, 3-21-11 (phone, woman, interesting, first)

[Sweetie Pie]

Hello, Hello, HELLOOOOOO!!!


Hello folks. Thanks to bjh for sharing this bit of interesting info.

Didja know...........

Before the late 1800s when the phone was invented

that "Hello" simply meant that someone was mildly surprised or interested

about something new. The use of hello as a telephone greeting has been

credited to Thomas Edison; according to one source, he expressed his surprise

with a misheard Hullo. Alexander Graham Bell initially used Ahoy (as used on

ships) as a telephone greeting.

[SATX56]

What up? Pirates!

[SATX56]

Hello????



Whutson are you there??

[tijlover]

Could it be the O was later switched from the front of hell to the back of hell?

Imagine someone getting their first phone! A woman kneading bread, her hands all sticky with dough, and the phone rings. O Hell! And by the time she gets the goo off her fingers, washes her hands, and she's ready to pick up the phone, the phone stops ringing! Then? O sh#t! Helllllllllllllllllllllll-Oh!

[Sweetie Pie]

Originally Posted by tijlover

Could it be the O was later switched from the front of hell to the back of hell?

Imagine someone getting their first phone! A woman kneading bread, her hands all sticky with dough, and the phone rings. O Hell! And by the time she gets the goo off her fingers, washes her hands, and she's ready to pick up the phone, the phone stops ringing! Then? O sh#t! Helllllllllllllllllllllll-Oh!

Yep, been there, done that!!!

[Chatteress]

Originally Posted by tijlover

Could it be the O was later switched from the front of hell to the back of hell?

Imagine someone getting their first phone! A woman kneading bread, her hands all sticky with dough, and the phone rings. O Hell! And by the time she gets the goo off her fingers, washes her hands, and she's ready to pick up the phone, the phone stops ringing! Then? O sh#t! Helllllllllllllllllllllll-Oh!

LOL! You always have a rather unique take on things!

[taigagirl]

That's an interesting DYK, Sweetie. You just find the darndest things

[taigagirl]

Originally Posted by satx56

Hello????



Whutson are you there??

Whutson is now talking on his cellphone, satx Hardly see a phone booth anymore--and most of the ones I have seen have the same look as the one you've posted.

[AksarbeN]

I would have sworn it was “one ringy dingy, two ringy dingy, three ringy dingy”

[wit-nit]

Originally Posted by satx56

Hello????



Whutson are you there??

The Japanese version is "Hurro hurro, whutson you there"...