The truth is, some of them people in public use their cellphone or Bluetooth or iPhone or whatever the hell it is...just to sound like they're havin' important conversations with somebody. They want the world around them to think they have an interesting life! The truth is, they ain't talkin' to anyone at all, they are just pretendin' to. Some of these guys make like they are talkin' to their stockbroker ("Buy 18,000 shares of Amoco! Sell 20,000 of Maynard & Swift! Do it NOW!"), their corporate lawyer ("Let's sue the bastards for all they've got! They won't even be able to eat after we're through with 'em).", or their buddy the senator ("So, how's it going with the budget deal, Jack? You holdin' the Speaker's feet to the fire on this one?"), or even the friggin' president("Let's get together in the Lincoln Room tomorrow, Barry. I gotta show you this new idea I've got for puttin' the squeeze on Tehran. You'll have 'em eatin' outta yer hand.")

...and there ain't nothin' but dead air on the other end of that line, cos they just phoned their own answerin' service.

- Chongo