Word: hellos
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Call it greetings from the sky. The ball falling, Bailliere catching it and Worley looking perplexed. Hello, goodbye...
TECHNOLOGY: "Hello! This is voice mail speaking...
...answering machine had provided Rob with hours of entertainment. He loved to make up cute messages, and my personal favorite was the one that went, "Hello? [five second pause] Hold on, I'll check. [five more seconds] Sorry, he's not here, but NEITHER ARE WE! [hysterical laughing] So please leave a message." Unoriginal as it may be, that one received some priceless replies. However, we changed the message pretty soon...
Even simple things can become rather difficult on the phone. Although Eric is a sailor/FOP leader/athlete, he can't seem to master the use of call waiting. One conversation went like this: "Wait, I have to answer the call waiting. [presses button] Hello? Oh wait, I'll try again. [presses button again] Hello? This isn't working. [presses button again, accidently hangs up on both friends] !#$%&)*(*." And then both callers dial back again at the same time...
...China Men (1980), Maxine Hong Kingston recalled a group of immigrant Orientals shoveling foreign ground and shouting "Hello down there in China! . . . Hello, my heart and my liver . . . I want home. Home. Home. Home. Home...