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We now know that it took no more than eight years following the invention of the telephone for people to realize the comedic potential of playing pra
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stanley cups uk es to be the first recorded evidence of a prank phone call in a newspaper printed in 1884. We ;ve included a copy of the report below, but here a transcript in case you have any trouble reading it: A GRAVE JOKE ON UNDERTAKERS 鈥?Some malicious wag at Providence R.I. has been playing a grave practical joke on the undertakers there, by summoning them over the telephone to bring freezers, candlesticks and coffin for persons alleged to be dead. In each case the denoument was highly farcical, and the reputed corpses are now hunting in a lively manner for that telephonist. Is anyone else as pleased as I am to learn that people have been crank-calling one another for almost as long as we ;ve had phones On another note, I ;m thi
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If you don ;t think smartphones and tablets are taking over, consider this piece of news: Best Buy is planning on closing 50 of its big box
stanley cup retail stores鈥攍ocations full of TVs and computers and cameras and audio gear鈥攂ut will open 100 mobile retail locations鈥攑resumably to sell smartphones and iPods and accessories. Is there any doubt what people are spending their money on It makes sense, really; HDTVs have matured and aren ;t improving at the same rate they were five or ten years ago. Cameras have melded with smartphones. And laptops ar
stanley cup e slowly being overtaken by tablets. Will all Best Buys be replaced with an army of smaller stores hawking these products No. But just like the CDs and Movie sections have shrunken to the point they ;re almost non-existent, don ;t be surprised to see less and less of an emphasis placed on the products you ;d expect to see in there. [BGR via Engadget]
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