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notseamus  ·  4726 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Whatever happened to ringtones?
I was very surprised to hear 'Ring Ring Ring, Bananaphone' come out of someone's phone in a meeting before. It just seemed really incongruous to here such a memetic song in a serious environment, and I think it's partly to do with the fact that phones are so pervasive and wide spread that you run the risk of embarrassing yourself with a stupid ring tone. And the novelty's really just worn off too.




thenewgreen  ·  4726 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I've had "The Flaming Lips" The W.A.N.D as my ringtone for a while now. I like it but whenever the song comes on at a party or on shuffle in the car, I reach for my pocket.
kleinbl00  ·  4726 days ago  ·  link  ·  
My wife has a frog ribbeting. She spent two hours listening to frogs she liked, and then converted it herself in garageband. My ringtone for her is a swainson's thrush, a bird that makes me deeply happy.
thenewgreen  ·  4726 days ago  ·  link  ·  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpLnRUnoJNQ - Nice.

Just bought my dad some new binoculars for Christmas so he could bird watch in style.