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Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: latebind on 26/03/2009 19:11:24: hey all boffins

Im sure this has happened to you, it happens to me all the time.

You hear the phone ring
You are a bit far away so you make a dash to find it
As you are about a send away from answering it, it stops
(OR) You answer it only to find a dial tone...

any ideas?
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: JimBob on 26/03/2009 19:47:43: It is a communist conspiracy to annoy the population of the "West" to suicide.
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: paul.fr on 26/03/2009 20:17:49: Easy, the other person hung up.
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: Carolyn on 26/03/2009 20:23:04: Quote from: Paul. on 26/03/2009 20:17:49
Easy, the other person hung up.

You're so clever! [;D]
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: latebind on 26/03/2009 20:46:40: Quote from: Paul. on 26/03/2009 20:17:49
Easy, the other person hung up.

Thanks Paul, you're a hero!!

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Post by: neilep on 26/03/2009 21:04:09: Are ewe sure it's not the phone fairies playing tricks ?..they do this ewe know !
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: paul.fr on 26/03/2009 23:33:25: Quote from: latebind on 26/03/2009 20:46:40

Thanks Paul, you're a hero!!

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I love that image and caption!
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Post by: JimBob on 26/03/2009 23:51:28: I lkie you signature. It is quite appropriate!

Paul
always an answer, but rarely the right one!
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: Ethos on 26/03/2009 23:54:24: Quote from: JimBob on 26/03/2009 19:47:43
It is a communist conspiracy to annoy the population of the "West" to suicide.
It's really those Aliens trying to confuse us. Looks like it's working doesn't it????
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: Karen W. on 27/03/2009 02:41:42: We don't seem to be too hard to confuse!
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: Ethos on 27/03/2009 03:50:14: Quote from: Karen W. on 27/03/2009 02:41:42
We don't seem to be too hard to confuse!
Very true my dear Karen, very true. Without getting too far off topic, what I find confusing is many times just seconds before the phone rings, I get a premonition of it. I can't explain this phenomenon but, in all honesty, this has occured many times. And whats even more inexplicable, it seems to be more frequent the older I get.
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: Karen W. on 27/03/2009 06:03:31: Yes I have done that most of my life but as I get older its different things similar..
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: Chemistry4me on 27/03/2009 06:07:23: Q: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it?
A: I've never noticed this. I don't get phone calls.
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: Karen W. on 27/03/2009 06:16:06: The the person gets tired of the ringing phone with no answer so they hang up! LOl

These days I don"t either unless its the doctor! LOL occasional others...
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: Madidus_Scientia on 27/03/2009 09:21:43: Murphy's law
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: Chemistry4me on 27/03/2009 09:22:45: Is Murphy a firstname of a surname?
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: Madidus_Scientia on 27/03/2009 09:46:52: from wikipedia:
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According to the book A History of Murphy's Law by author Nick T. Spark, differing recollections years later by various participants make it impossible to pinpoint who first coined the saying Murphy's law. The law's name supposedly stems from an attempt to use new measurement devices developed by the eponymous Edward Murphy.

So surname then, probably
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: Chemistry4me on 27/03/2009 09:55:34: Well, that's one thing less that I have to worry about now.
Danke Madidus_Scientia. [:)]
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: latebind on 27/03/2009 22:07:26: I just want to poke some more good intentioned humour at Paul again! Sorry Paul but hey you earned it! Feel free to get me back, as long as its not something 'obvious' :)

Here are some more quotes from captain obvious, source = uncyclopedia

“Within two to three years the price of stamps will increase by an amount.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“People all over the world will have to purchase a new calendar within the next twelve months”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“Someone will die today.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“Someone will be born today.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“You will eat food within the next 30 days.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“The future is coming”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“Someone will breathe today.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“Within two... no, three... years, there will be a year that is divisible by 2.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“Indeed, current events may become past events, but always remember that there will, now and always, be future events in the future.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“In two years It will be two years in the future”
~ Captain Obvious on future

“There will be traffic jams in cities across the world tomorrow”
~ Captain Obvious on traffic jams

“You are reading my article right now”
~ Captain Obvious on the reading of the article

“I'm a superhero!”
~ Captain Obvious on himself

“I'm Captain Obvious, obviously.”
~ Captain Obvious on the obviousness of being Captain Obvious, obviously
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: Chemistry4me on 28/03/2009 00:51:57: (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fclapping%2F2.gif&hash=f3ac90d0f104dd89dbe260c598e013a8)
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: JnA on 28/03/2009 01:28:07: Quote from: latebind on 26/03/2009 19:11:24
hey all boffins

Im sure this has happened to you, it happens to me all the time.

You hear the phone ring
You are a bit far away so you make a dash to find it
As you are about a send away from answering it, it stops
(OR) You answer it only to find a dial tone...

any ideas?

Perhaps the ringing that you hear is not from an external source...
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: paul.fr on 30/03/2009 16:47:56: Quote from: latebind on 27/03/2009 22:07:26
I just want to poke some more good intentioned humour at Paul again! Sorry Paul but hey you earned it! Feel free to get me back, as long as its not something 'obvious' :)..........

You will regret this...sinister lightning flashed and thunder cracks as i sulk away...
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: John Chapman on 12/09/2009 10:14:21: And what about people phoning to ask stupid question?

I came home from work unexpectedly early last Wednesday and as I walked through the door the phone was ringing and I answered it. Some jerk on the other end asked “Is the coast clear?“ How the bleedin' hell should I know? What am I, a weatherman?

It was a particularly annoying interuption because as it happens my wife had got all naked just in case I finished work early.
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: Variola on 12/09/2009 10:49:50: [;D] [;D] [;D] [;D] [;D] [;D]

I also think the phone ceasing to ring just as you are about to pick it up is the proof of Sod's Law, an under-researched phenomena which affects most people at some point, but others, like myself suffer from it all the time.
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: Don_1 on 12/09/2009 11:41:48: Quote from: John Chapman on 12/09/2009 10:14:21
And what about people phoning to ask stupid question?

I came home from work unexpectedly early last Wednesday and as I walked through the door the phone was ringing and I answered it. Some jerk on the other end asked “Is the coast clear?“ How the bleedin' hell should I know? What am I, a weatherman?

It was a particularly annoying interuption because as it happens my wife had got all naked just in case I finished work early.

GULP!!! (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fparanoid%2F5.gif&hash=01b63c3091d018287b13297532861c63)
Title: Why does a phone stop ringing as you are about to answer it??
Post by: Karen W. on 12/09/2009 13:25:39: LOL...LOL...LOL..Run Don! RUN!