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Dumb novelty phones.

Started by Greg G., July 21, 2009, 02:58:33 AM

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Greg G.

1.  Connoisseur phone
2.  Doggie phone.  
3.  Dolphin phone.  I've never seen an orange dolphin.
4.  Miss Piggy phone.  Does it oink for incoming calls?
5.  Not even a phone, it's actually a lighter.
The idea that a four-year degree is the only path to worthwhile knowledge is insane.
- Mike Row
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Phonesrfun

Yikes.  I even saw a golf bag phone at a yard sale a few weeks ago.  At least it is more harmless than turning a candlestick into a lamp, or a wood wall phone into a radio!  I hate to think of how many phones met those fates!

-Bill
-Bill G

HobieSport

#2
Yep, some of the novelty phones can be downright silly.

Salvador Dali had a set of rather amusing novelty phones made for him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster_Telephone

Typical Dali Weirdness! :D
-Matt

HobieSport

#3
Then there's the rather "Googie-esque" Lava Lamp Phone.
What do you think, McHeath? ;)

Also pictured; some novelty phones in the Telephone Museum of New Mexico...

And a telephone booth aquarium. I think Superman would have trouble changing in there...maybe it's for Aquaman?

And here are tons of modern novelty phones to suit any whim:

http://www.noveltytelephone.com/
-Matt

McHeath

Dali's phone is kinda creepy, in a fishy sort of way, which I guess was the idea.

That Lava Lamp phone is cute, and I am a known lover of all things Googie, but they could have done the phone part a little better.

Love the fishtank phone booth, looks like it's in Europe from the street signs.  Clever idea.  My sister has that Goofy novelty phone where he is sleeping and when the phone rings he makes snore noises and moves his head up and down, charming the first time, probably would drive me batty the 543 time.