Classical ring tunes and alarms on mobiles

[Nick Armstrong]

generally being miserable

...oh the irony.

[Alain Maréchal]

The second worst practical joke ever played on me, was to set the opening bars of Dukas' Fanfare pour preceder La Peri as my ringtone. I had no idea how to change it to something else.

[Tevot]

Liebestraum is my ringtone. I quite like it...

[Nick Armstrong]

The second worst practical joke ever played on me

Go on then, Alain.... You can't leave us guessing like this !!

[Alain Maréchal]

Go on then, Alain.... You can't leave us guessing like this !!

Returning from a costume party dressed as a renaissance king (tights,breeches,codpiece, floppy hat with feathers) I was given a lift as far as an isolated crossroad, where there would be changes of vehicles as we were all going in different directions. In the dark I got into a back seat, said thanks to the driver and found myself in a parked police car with a dummy driver - intended to scare motorists into slowing down at a dangerous junction. This was before mobile phones.

[Don Petter]

Returning from a costume party dressed as a renaissance king (tights,breeches,codpiece, floppy hat with feathers) I was given a lift as far as an isolated crossroad, where there would be changes of vehicles as we were all going in different directions. In the dark I got into a back seat, said thanks to the driver and found myself in a parked police car with a dummy driver - intended to scare motorists into slowing down at a dangerous junction. This was before mobile phones.

Did you think of changing into the less embarrassing police uniform to be able to flag down the next passing motorist?

[Alain Maréchal]

Did you think of changing into the less embarrassing police uniform to be able to flag down the next passing motorist?

Yes. It was a painted dummy.

[Alain Maréchal]

I had my revenge. The buiding in which we all studied/worked/wasted time had two phone systems-internal (dark grey) and external (light grey) almost indistinguishable in fuorescent light. Around 1am on the following April 1st I went around the whole building swapping handpieces. The result was satisfying.

[Pabmusic]

(Apologies if this has already been said - in which case I missed it!)

The Nokia ring tone (da-dee Da da, da-dee da da Da) is a phrase from a composition for solo guitar - Gran Vals - by the Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega, written in 1902:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKusTj2LiPE

[amateur51]

...oh the irony.

Makes you wonder why he bothers with this Forum

And then you remember - it's Zucchini, the Knight with the Grisly Countenance

[Padraig]

(Apologies if this has already been said - in which case I missed it!)

The Nokia ring tone (da-dee Da da, da-dee da da Da) is a phrase from a composition for solo guitar - Gran Vals - by the Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega, written in 1902:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKusTj2LiPE

Sometimes one gets a unexpectedly pleasant lift from an unexpected source. Thank you Pabmusic. I don't have a mobile phone, but I knew that damned ring tone.