Tuesday, May 08, 2007

The Law of Dale: No 94

Thine mobile phone shall ring as soon as thou hast applied shaving cream to thine face or stepped into the shower.

I'd say this happened to me at least every other day.

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

You take your phone to the bathroom!?!

Iain Dale said...

Doesn't everyone? LOL . Seriously, when you are freelance you keep it with you at all times so you don't miss out on offers of work!

Anonymous said...

Be daring and don't answer it!

It's all 'mind over matter' - and not allowing ourselves to be run by infernal technology.

Old BE said...

Let them leave a message!

Edward said...

Instead of thinking about ignoring the phone and carry on shaving; why not ignore shaving and think how good you'd look with a beard (very Alistair Darling)!

Newmania said...

You take your phone to the bathroom!?!

Its set to vibrate gammarama..use your imagination. Anyway Mr. dale will have to spend a lot longer shaving when he finally despatches the artfully interweaved strands covering his " Centre Parting". I think the Urban Nubian boy look will be most fetching

Anonymous said...

Iain, Grow a beard, I did ;)

Anonymous said...

I thought that was Sod's Law?

Oh dear...

Anonymous said...

Only in Japan at the mo, but sure it will be on these shores eventually

http://uk.gizmodo.com/2006/07/25/so902iwp_waterproof_mobile_fro.html

Anonymous said...

It has a switch...

Anonymous said...

Better link to the waterproof;

http://tinyurl.com/2xohsl

Anonymous said...

That's a mental image best forgotten!

Anonymous said...

Why won't your butler answer it for you?

jailhouselawyer said...

Why not be like me, and only shave about once a week or every two weeks? Then again, my phone does not ring that often...

Anonymous said...

It is a little known fact that when they discover that you live alone, BT install a pressure pad on your lavatory seat, to set your phone ringing.

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Anonymous said...

jus' passin' thru'

do you not have an small animal to go and torure?

leave john alone, he has served his according to law and as such deserves the same respect as all other posters.

Anonymous said...

So you were cracking one out in the shower when your mum called. I hate that too, though it works every time, oh god yeah.

Anonymous said...

switch it off, then.

jailhouselawyer said...

jus' passin' thru' said...

jailhouselawyer said...
Why not be like me, and only shave about once a week or every two weeks? Then again, my phone does not ring that often...

May 08, 2007 12:27 PM

This doesn't surprise me. I don't suppose there's much call nowadays for axe wielding killers of defenceless old ladies.

May 08, 2007 2:19 PM

Another one of these cowardly attacks from some brainless wonder who has not got the balls to identify his or herself. Why did you just past through? Do you believe that Iain welcomes your visit? Don't you think that your comment is lowering the tone of the neighbourhood?

Cheers Steve.

Anonymous said...

Surely Tony Slattery proved that you can be too available.

Obviously, looking forward to the Hammers staying up!

Phil Whittington said...

Thine mobile phone shall ring as soon as thou hast applied shaving cream to thine face or stepped into the shower.

Thine is used either to mean "yours" or to mean "your" where the noun phrase it applies to begins with a vowel (as in "thine eyes")

Therefore, "thy mobile phone..."

Yours pedantically,

Phil

Anonymous said...

Isn't it 'thy', rather than 'thine'?

Anonymous said...

That is why God invented voice-mail. If it's urgent, they'll call back. If it isn't they'll leave a message and you'll return the call fresh, clean and shaven.

Anonymous said...

Takes his microphone to the bathroom as well and broadcasts his evacuations.

Johnny Norfolk said...

Iain

I think you need to attend a time management course. I can assure you, if people realy want you they will ring back. You need to be in control of your life. So switch it off.