It’s just another manic Monday… which I will make better with a new caption contest! This week’s photo goes way back — back into time — to an era when the world was still in black and white, and phone technology was still new. I have absolutely no actual context for this picture, so I’m depending on you to figure out what could possibly be going on here.
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Buffet o' Blog 
Beppo
Caught off guard by the iPhone’s runaway success, Microsoft’s version seemed hurried and not particularly well thought out.
Beppo
Sci-Fi movies in the 1930’s lacked inspiration and budget…
Puns 'R Us
I don’t know what it is about those two. They just seem kinda phony.
Holiday Inn Express
This is actually a very rare promotional picture for a proposed Alfred Hitchock film that was never completed, ‘The Phones’. It tells the story of how humanity was attacked and enslaved by phones.
Bag O' Donuts
It wasn’t until after filming began that the director realized the movie was called Coneheads, not Phoneheads.
Bag O' Donuts
“Honey, what’s the extention for Larry’s face?”
LOTGK
The early prototype Darth Vader phone helmet.
Thomas Wayne
“Betty, can you tell me the number for that pizza place?”
“Not off the top of my head, no…”
Thomas Wayne
We told the guy at Radio Shack we wanted those new-fangled headphones. I don’t know why he kept laughing while we were leaving, though…
Thomas Wayne
I have that same hat! I didn’t realize it was for ladies, though…
Beppo
This is an early prototype of the Internet as invented by Al Gore.
Beppo
Despite all their efforts, they still had trouble communicating with each other.
Thomas Wayne
I keep hearing this ringing sound in my ears…
Thomas Wayne
Time has forgotten Dick Tracy’s lesser nemesis, the evil Phoneface (and his wife who didn’t grasp the concept of a disguise).
Bag O' Donuts
The phone screeched across the room, latched on to the man’s face, and is now forcing an egg into his esophagus. In a few days a cell phone will burst from his chest. And that, my friend, is how Nokias are made.
Mr. Destructo
I’m sure this was part of some type of evil plot by the Important Evil Genius to conquer the entire Tri-State area, but it’s so lame I have no idea what he was trying to accomplish…
Mr. Destructo
This is how people wearing a Bluetooth headset look, though to a slightly lesser degree.
Thomas Wayne
“Are you sure this is how we get into the Rotary Club, dear?”
Thomas Wayne
Back when the world was in black & white, there weren’t costume stores or even pre-made costumes for parties or Halloween, so people had to use everyday household items and just make do. Unfortunately this was lame.
Beppo
“Are you sure everyone will be dressed like this?”
“It’s Alexander Graham Bell’s funeral… duh… what else are we going to wear?”
Beppo
Phone-on. Apply directly to the forehead.
Crappo the Clown
“Retard Hotline. How may I direct your call?”
Crappo the Clown
Guy: I’m about to receive a fax! PHVRRRT!
Crappo the Clown
Because of Joe’s phone obsession, he got one of those phone-order brides.
MangoMan
this picture is so backwards, the woman should be the one with multiple mouthpieces… everyone knows that women talk more than men! maybe that’s why the woman has the cord wrapped around her neck? she’s distraught cause she can’t express herself like she wants.
Beppo
“Can you hear me now?”
Beppo
What would you do for a Klondike bar?
Thomas Wayne
These people are hooked on Phone-ics.
Thomas Wayne
Mobile phones were not very convenient when they were first invented.
Thomas Wayne
They didn’t even try on the later episodes of the Twilight Zone.
ron
i finally figured out a way so that if i didnt want to hear her talk i could hang up on her