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From: Tom Ace <tom@sje.mentor.com>
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Larry Lippman wrote, about the design of the Ericophone:

>  ...the overall design scheme may best be described as phallic in nature.

It was a one-piece phone that would stand erect on a surface, kind of
a handset that included a enlarged flattened base.  I think it went
off-hook when you picked it up, and there was a dial on its underside.
The thing was far too ugly to deserve being described as phallic.

(BTW, I think it was spelled "Ericaphone".  I'm not certain, though.)

Of course, if you want a one-piece dial phone, you should (IMHO) have
the classic, i.e., a Western Electric model 1013 butt set, preferably
in orange.  Yes, I know, it doesn't ring very loudly.  :-)


Tom Ace
tom@sje.mentor.com