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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 36 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Well it usually went like this:

Beeep (that's the sound you'd get in the handset, while the other phone would 'Riiing').

Parent picks up phone:

"Hello?"

You:

"Is Lady Butterfly there?"

"Just a sec."

Patent screaming: LADY BUTTERFLY!! PHONE!! (Possible: 'Coming!')

And then everyone waited in total silence until your friend got, panting after a short sprint, to the phone.

Or:

"She's sick/at club/coming home at 18/.."

"Okaythankyougoodbye" hang up.

Thank you for attending my Ted-Pre-War talk.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I can hear this comment.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

This is how I remember it. You didn't small talk unless you both had a good relationship with the person and the person wasn't there to come to the phone.