No, I can't hear you now.
Someone has invented a cell phone ring that most adults can't hear. You can find an MP3 to listen to in this article. I couldn't hear it. Dave Barry, as often happens, sums it up best.
This is fine with me. I don't want to hear other people's cellphone rings. I hope that soon they come up with a way to prevent me from hearing other people's cellphone conversations.
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I can still hear it at 33 (almost 34). It's like a high-pitched whine that almost isn't a sound, more than an annoyance that makes your eyes water. In that way, I suppose it is the same thing as having some pop music as your ring tone. :)
I imagine those kids will be surprised when their teachers who are in their low to mid-thirties bust them for having their phone turned on.
Yeah, the article talks about a 28-year-old teacher who could hear it and astonished her students.
I can hear it too. You should be glad you can't. "High-pitched whine" is right. It's like the hum of electrical feedback, only REALLY high-pitched.
I understand that the sound was originally used to prevent young folks from loitering. Ironically, they have adopted it for their own. Those crazy kids.
I heard it in my right ear. I shut off the MP3 as soon as it played and I'm still a little dizzy from it. God I hope this doesn't catch on.
Ow ow ow ow ow....
Oh, I can hear it.. and it hurts! Definitely not using that as my ringtone... sticking with my Firefly themesong. :)
Funny, at 36 I can hear this just fine, but I don't mind it at all. It's not the type of thing I'd like to hear for more than a few seconds at a time, but I would prefer this for a ring tone over a lot of other ones I hear. Of course, I'm one who normally prefers to shut the ringer off entirely and rely on the vibrate setting.
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