Edward Piercy

My Cell Phone is a Dirty Rotten Liar

Sunday, 24. May 2009, 22:36:21

I was looking through a list of add-on Blackberry applications the
other day when I came across Phoney Call. This app lets you program
your Blackberry to ring at a predetermined time as if you are getting a
real incoming call.

If you have a meeting at 3:00 that you are simply not prepared for,
just use Phoney Call to ring at 3:10 and then tell them you have a
client that you have to take care of immediately. Or let's say you are
out on a date and know within 20 minutes that it's going nowhere. No
problem, you simply go back to the restroom and set the phone to ring
five minutes later and then tell your date that your Aunt Mildred is
dying and that you have to leave.

It seems that we can now have our machines lie for us. Or at least join
in the conspiracy. Which to me seems kinda...

Wait, I have a call. I'll get back with you later on this.

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Comments

Angeliki # 25. May 2009, 04:40

it is a female behind it! and if ladies complain sorry.... females lie better! it is a fact!

PainterWoman # 25. May 2009, 04:43

Next thing you know it'll start making up excuses for us.

Angeliki, I was going to say a man was behind it.

Edward Piercy # 25. May 2009, 04:53

How about an app called 201 Good Excuses. ????

Of course, I'd bet that if I did a Google search that somebody has already come up with that software.

Here's one that almost certainly was made up by a man.

Darko # 25. May 2009, 04:55

So, how is aunt Mildred these days?

PainterWoman # 25. May 2009, 04:56

I wouldn't be surprised.

Edward Piercy # 25. May 2009, 04:58

Aunt Mildred, surprisingly, made a full recovery and is relaxing in the sun in Florida. Go figure, huh.

Darko # 25. May 2009, 05:25

Allan # 25. May 2009, 05:37

In my experience, Angeliki, females like to be lied to, too.

I am sure most women would like their date interrupted by a phone rather than the date saying that "you're not my type" or something. Am I wrong?

If I'm right, this dirty, rotten liar of a mobile is also a polite, dirty and rotten liar.

Stardancer # 25. May 2009, 19:48

A lying phone.

Says a lot about the integrity of our society, doesn't it?

Edward Piercy # 25. May 2009, 19:55

@ Allan.

I've been on dates like that before. I just suffered them out and didn't call them again.

@ Star.

I wonder if it's possible that machines would ever be better than us? Or whether they will always in some way have our flaws? (And BTW I'm not talking about an electric can opener here.

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Stardancer # 25. May 2009, 21:11

Nothing created by man can reflect anything but what man is.

Except maybe an electric can opener.

Edward Piercy # 25. May 2009, 21:14

Richard # 25. May 2009, 21:19

Whatever happened to simply telling someone to get lost??

Nice one.

Edward Piercy # 25. May 2009, 21:31

Or perhaps even stronger language at times.

Richard # 25. May 2009, 22:54

That too.

Santa Furie # 1. July 2009, 01:29

I've found a few skiving apps too. The most useful puts a text message in your sent messages with your choice of time stamp, so you can tell your boss that you did message him to tell him about that merger and weren't really at a strip club for the entire day.

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By the way, you do realise that under the "If it's mobile, it's mine" law of 1992 any blog post made by a mobile phone must mention me and slag off that over hyped bog roll holder called the iPhone?

Edward Piercy # 1. July 2009, 02:51

That's a good one. "Will be here at dentist's office a few more hours at least." (gets lap dance from Bubbles.)

No, I wasn't aware of that law. Not that I would follow it anyway.

Thanks for stopping by.

Santa Furie # 1. July 2009, 10:27

*readies the robot army to crush resistance*

Edward Piercy # 1. July 2009, 15:25

BTW thanks for stopping by. I checked out your blog.

Darko # 1. July 2009, 16:57

Mik, if this is the same army you`ve left photos in my post, I think they will be so welcomed here

Edward Piercy # 1. July 2009, 17:00

*curious but almost afraid to ask*

Darko # 1. July 2009, 17:06

Look among comments

http://my.opera.com/gdare/blog/2009/06/14/milestone?cid=9260119&startidx=300#comment9260119

Santa Furie # 1. July 2009, 17:28

That's my clone army. Try to keep up General Darko.

Darko # 1. July 2009, 17:50

Edward Piercy # 1. July 2009, 17:54

Hmmmph. I'd say that my clone army can beat your clone army any day of the year.

Darko # 1. July 2009, 18:03

Edward Piercy # 1. July 2009, 18:08

BTW I might have exaggerated a bit. My clone army couldn't kick your clone army on February 29th in Leap Years. Don't ask me why, but the girls just refuse to fight on that day.

Santa Furie # 1. July 2009, 20:19

*marks something on the calendar and flies away in his Cobra Commander style rocket chair*

Edward Piercy # 1. July 2009, 20:28