Ahoy, guys.
Be the change you want to see in this world, don’t let Thomas Edison continue to shit on everything from his grave.
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Your Gruncle, you say?
Yo bitch.
When I see a post like this, I see a new friend.
Fuck Edison you idea stealing cuck.
I heard he electrocuted an elephant.
Yeah because he wanted to make Teslas ac electricity look evil, but just made everyone there hate him.
Pronto
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Is it just to swedes “pronto” sounds like it would mean “hurry up”? Or is that everyone?
In Italian it just means “ready”, but in English is used in a completely different way. Probably Sweden got the usage from English
Ive always heard it to mean “hurry up” or “be quick” too.
… I am 1/4 swedish though so I dunno?
Vad har det med Sverige att göra? As a Spanish speaker, that’s just one its meanings in Spanish.
Oh, maybe thats where I’m getting it from then. I know other swedes who have reacted that way to hearing an italian answering the phone.
LISTEN HERE YOU!! … IMMA FIND YOU, RIP OUT YOUR TONGUE AND USE IT TO PAINT MY BOAT!!!
… the Bartender Moe response
Lol yes! Came here to post that, and this link: https://screenrant.com/burns-simpsons-phone-joke-clever-history-reference-explained/
Nice website.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you…
Moshi Moshi
Japanese people answer their phone like that, everything is fine.
I answer my phone like that, I’m branded a weaboo for the rest of my life.
I can’t read this phrase anymore without reading it in Admiral Kizaru’s voice automatically.
I like the explanation that devious spirits cannot say this phrase and that’s why it’s used. Apparently it’s also just a casual way of saying “I’m ready to talk” and was used by early telephone operators in Japan. It’s most likely people just ended up copying the phrase from operators and aren’t worried about being tricked by foxes.
Mosh moof
Fuck, I can’t do it, they’re right!
Better luck next time, nine-tails.
I like the explanation that devious spirits cannot say this phrase and that’s why it’s used
Evil spirits can not say the same word twice in a row. Foxes can not say “moshi”. With “moshi moshi” you get a 2-for-1 special.
Just as the ducks at the park are free, there is also no legal requirement to answer the phone in particular way. Hit folks with a, “Ahoyhoy”, “Howdy”, “Whats good brother?”, or for the more adventurous, “Ralphs Roadkill Cafe. You kill it, we grill it.”
“Duffy’s Morgue, you stab em we slab em.”
I usually get people with: “Anons Morgue: you kill ‘em, we chill ‘em.”
“You bag 'em, we tag 'em”
In my family it was variations of “Hello, Joe’s whatever. Insert rhyme here.”
One of my favorites was “Joe’s mortuary, you stab 'em we slab 'em.”
“Jimbo’s Fish Fry; you hook 'em we cook 'em!”
Was always my favorite. Probably because I would love to take a restaurant a bucket of fresh-caught bluegill and come back in a couple hours to dinner. Filleting all those little bastards is a pain…
My dad’s go to is “Joe’s Bar and Grill, this is Grill speaking”. Sometimes he’ll shake it up and answer as Bar instead
My go to is “Yellow”
Mine is somewhere between yellow and howdy. If you call a Texas Drunk you should be prepared for a “Yeowdy”.
Snackbar Harry, Harry speaking
“Dave’s pizza and abortion clinic, your loss is our sauce” is a particularly spicy one I’ve heard.
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Jim’s abortion clinic … We deletus your fetus
Fetus Deletus was my favorite spell to cast at Hogwarts.
I usually hit my friends with the “sup fuckface”
I throw a fucko out there into the world every now on then
slow heavy breathing
open mouth chewing on potato chips “Yeah?”
With adjusted volume to make it louder for the listener
“TIMMY, put those down!”
[child shrieking in the background]
Angry Silence
Fun fact - this is why Mr. Burns always answers the phone with “ahoy”
I answer with “Yes?”
It gets straight to the point
I always liked in Momento he picked up the phone and immediately asked, “Who is this?”
The dutch way
What if you end up in a verbal contract
Then say “yes?*”
*This is a question asking what you are calling for and does not create joinder.
Is this a sovcit thing?
Yup
All rights reserved?
Only if you speak it at a 45-degree angle in red. If you buy my audio book I’ll explain how to do this.
Let’s compromise!
Alloy.
Or what we can agree on: HO. Omg Santa was right all along.
Great, now I’m fighting metal dinosaurs.
Ahoy hoy
Excellent
Edison deserves hate for more than that
Had to look it up, and the story is actually really interesting. Heres a great article from NPR
https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/02/17/133785829/a-shockingly-short-history-of-hello