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Is it true that in "ye olden times" you could sit at a dingy bar and ask the bartender for a phone and they'd give you a rotary phone on a long as cord so you could make a call while slinging drinks? (hexbear.net)
submitted 10 hours ago by SovietBeerTruckOperator@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I've seen that in several 70s and 80s movies and I don't buy it's real. Wouldn't the bar just have a payphone?

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[โ€“] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 29 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Yes, it's true

And you know how I know?

Because I am that phone

[โ€“] BanSwitch2Buyers@hexbear.net 6 points 5 hours ago

If you're that phone
Then who was phone?

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