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Why I hate ….

Mobile Phone Ringtones.

Picture the scene, you are sitting on the bus minding your own business, when your peace & quiet is shattered by the shrill noise of the ‘Star Trek Voyager’ theme tune as played via the limited scale of a mobile telephone. I mean, what is wrong with these people? For a start they are so full of their own self-importance that they have to be available 24 hours a day. Secondly they are so selfish that they feel the need to inflict this noise pollution upon others as a way of demonstrating their quirkiness & individuality.

I mean, the standard ringtones that come with these telephones are bad enough, but to go to the time and effort to make your phone play the Dallas or Sesame Street theme tunes every time somebody tries to contact them smacks of some deep down psychological need to be noticed. Perhaps their parents paid more attention to their siblings while they were growing up, perhaps they were the always the last to get picked for sports at school, perhaps they are just sad. Which ever it is, these people need help.

A full page magazine advert for ringtones.

I am also dismayed by the recent appearance of companies that do nothing else but provide these musical abominations. Look in any tabloid newspaper, or cheap television listings magazine and you will find at least 3 such companies advertising their ‘products’ and proudly making boasts like ‘Voted UK No.1 ringtone & logo website by Just35.com’. Let’s face it, these companies make their money by pandering to the vanity of morons. I’m reminded of the old saying ‘a fool and his money are easily parted’ and how wise those old words are even in the 21^st century.