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From: julian%bongo.UUCP@nosc.mil (Julian Macassey)
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Subject: Re: Headset Installation Help Needed
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Date: 10 Feb 91 00:33:06 GMT
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In article <16719@accuvax.nwu.edu>, optilink!elliott@uunet.uu.net
(Paul Elliott) writes:

> [A personal note: I regularly annoy my wife and kids by excitedly
> pointing it out when I see one of "my" headsets on T.V. (Miami Vice
> liked them a lot).  Also got to see one in use in orbit on the Space
> Shuttle; NASA was trying out a few different types of communications
> headsets.

	Ah, but you haven't suffered the embarassment of having your
friends call to let you know that the phone you designed is being used
as a dildo in the centerfold of Hustler magazine. I suppose I deserved
it, novelty phones may end up being used in novel ways.


Julian Macassey, n6are  julian@bongo.info.com  ucla-an!denwa!bongo!julian
N6ARE@N6YN (Packet Radio) n6are.ampr.org [44.16.0.81] voice (213) 653-4495


[Moderator's Note: I've seen reference a couple times to telephones as
phallic symbols, but have yet to see an illustrated example of same.  PAT]