25 October 2011

Life in Pre-Facebook Days: Memorizing Phone Numbers

As demonstrated in the video above, back in the dark days before Facebook ruled the earth people who had trouble memorizing their phone number would make up a silly song about it and invite their friends to sing along. Crowds would form around a stage as strangers gathered to listen and memorize the mysterious phone number. Such tribal rituals replaced the ancient oral tradition and flourished for a few decades until they were replaced by robotic ringtones on cell phones.
 
 

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