You search around a bit, only to discover that the phone that's ringing is in your attic, broken, and not hooked to a phone line.
Do you answer it?
Before you reply, think about the implications: Whatever answers when you pick up that phone, it will undoubtably change your life. For one, you will have done something logically impossible. Standard phones that are not hooked up to hard lines can not, under any circumstances, work. And yet there it is. It defies the very definition of reality for that phone to be ringing.
Furthermore, someone wants to talk to you real fuckin bad. Are thier intentions nesscessarily bad? are they nesscessarily good?
What are the concequences of not answering?
On the other hand, yes I would answer the phone. When the universe ends, you can be assured it'll be because some human (or human-like creature) came upon a great button marked "DO NOT PUSH" and pressed it before the paint had time to dry.
Same logic here. Besides, that phone ringing sound would get on my nerves.
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Everyone wondered WTF when Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael wrote:
You've been getting into Kennatsu's secret stash, haven't you.
Atleast Maradon's questions are actually thought provoking.
China's gonna nuke Guam, remember?
I would be all over that sum'bitch.
It's not something people hear about.
Me: Hello? Am I in trouble, because if I am I didn't do it.
God I love Buffy.
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Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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Drakkenmaw had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
I'd be freaked out, but my curiosity would get the better of me. As it always does.
Eek.
Did I watch The Ring (or the tape that was IN The Ring) beforehand? If not, sure, I'll answer it. If not, I'd likely smash it with a sledgehammer.
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The Ruvyenator had this to say about Tron:
I'm afraid I have to answer this question with another question:Did I watch The Ring (or the tape that was IN The Ring) beforehand? If not, sure, I'll answer it. If not, I'd likely smash it with a sledgehammer.
So if not, you'd answer it while smashing it with a sledgehammer? O.o
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
Phone rings, it's Freddy Kreuger. She screams, rips it out of the wall and throws it to the ground
It rings again, even though it is obviously no longer working...
So she picks it up and asks "Hello?" Ohno, it's Freddy!
Who the hell else would it have been!? Luckily she died at the end, so I felt better
Btw, the new matrix/powerade commericals are great
Phones that don't stop ringing must be answered.
*calls her brother's house nonstop just to piss him off*
But all deviations of the intended idea aside, yeah, I'd pick it up.
"Hello?"
"hi"
"who is this?
"you"
"oh, ok, bye"
"c-ya"
*stops to think about what just happened*
1. I wouldn't answer it because then I would have to go to the garage and drag out a ladder, then drag it all the way upstairs to my bedroom, set it up, and get in the attic. By the time that happens, I wouldn't have answered the phone in time.
2. There isn't anything up in the attic anyways. 
3. If someone really wanted to talk to me, they'd be smart enough to call my home number.
4. I don't answer the phone in the house anyways.
5. If it was broken, my parents would have thrown it out a long time ago. [ 04-29-2003: Message edited by: Alleria Qui'farush ]
If nothing had come up than, I'd mix up a few stiff martini's, and pick up the phone. Than, i'd say "Yo man! Time to party, my house in half an hour! I'll keep a few brews on ice for ya!" And hang up.
I think evil aliens from alpha centauri would respect a fine home brewed beer as much as the next man. I believe this would be the best way to make first contact.
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There was much rejoicing when DS said this:
I think evil aliens from alpha centauri would respect a fine home brewed beer as much as the next man. I believe this would be the best way to make first contact.
That makes a surprising amount of sense
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ACES! Another post by Alleria Qui'farush:2. There isn't anything up in the attic anyways.
5. If it was broken, my parents would have thrown it out a long time ago.
That would just make it all the creepier.
If I had a phone in the attic like that, I'd first get someone with me, then answer it. If I'm gunna die, I'm taken someone with me ;P
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Trillee wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
Well.. seeing that I live in an apartmenT...If I had a phone in the attic like that, I'd first get someone with me, then answer it. If I'm gunna die, I'm taken someone with me ;P
Can I come?
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Delphi Aegis's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
Can I come?
Hopefully.
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Delphi Aegis had this to say about Pirotess:
Can I come?
lol Why?
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
Besides, I would want to talk to the person that can make that much room where it doesn't exist. I would want to figure out the trick, so I could rework my closet into a big storage room.
