Excerpted from an email I received this afternoon:
So here's the belch I settled on for the oncall phone ringtone. It's short by normal standards, but it has decent resonance with a nice clean finish.
I put it on the phone & forgot about it. Last week I handed the oncall stuff off to my co-worker Nicole. Yesterday some stuff in New York broke. The scene played out thusly:
People we support: Oh no! [Company Name] users in White Plains, NY are being disconnected and we don't know why! This is terrible! We need someone technically proficient to look at this immediately! Page the [Other Company Name] oncall!!!!!!
*insert Batmanish musical stab*
People we support: (dialing)
Cut to Nicole and her boyfriend as they drive home from the store or something.
Nicole: ...so then they had run over to...
Phone: *BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!!!!!!!"
Nicole: ...
Nicole's Boyfriend: ... What the fuck was that?
Nicole: Uh....
Phone: *BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!!!!!!!"
Nicole's Boyfriend: Oh, Jesus!
It was a thing of beauty. Anyway, here's the ringtone. Share and enjoy!
Loves,
Scary
p.s. Please kiss Paul for me.
Scary is a beautiful man.
All I can say is I'm so happy my son doesn't read your blog right now. He just got a cell phone last week. He does not, as of yet, know of ringtones past music excerpts.
Brilliant! I'd gladly kiss this man!
Best part of the belch? The lip smacks at the end, which signal that it was a meaty enough belch to register as tasting good.
THAT'S what men bring to the Table of Life. How about YOU, ladies?
Best. laugh. in days.
Thanks
Simply brilliant.