My cell phone thinks I’m dumb

My cell phone is set up so that when the screen and keyboard lights go out, the phone locks up preventing accidental key presses and pocket dialing, so far it seems to work as I have not called some yak herder in outer Mongolia.

To unlock the keypad requires a two button key press combination. When you hit a button the screen tells you the phone is locked, displays a padlock and a large red animated arrow points to the button to press. Upon pressing said button the screen again indicates the other button to press to unlock the phone.

Now this feature was very useful the first time I used it as I hadn’t read the manual (who does?) but every time! You cannot switch the bloody feature off.

Thank you phone I think I got it the first time!

Black or dingle berries

The wife upgraded her cell phone and got a Blackberry Curve, she watches me like a hawk in case I mess around with it. I am trying to access the various menus functions, I become aware of a presence behind me; “What are you doing?” Carolyn asks.

“Just checking your new phone out, what’s this dingle berry looking button?”

“Dingle berry, what are you talking about?”

“This symbol right here,” I point to the symbol on the phone.

“That’s the Blackberry button, hello, it is a Blackberry Curve, not a Dingleberry Curve!” off she walks shaking her head.

“Oh that’s why they’re called Blackberries, hey, maybe I should market my own phone, the Dingleberry™.”

“Good luck with that,” she says then walks back and grabs her phone from my hand, “gimme that before you bugger it up.”