sichermn@beach.csulb.edu (Jeff Sicherman) (03/01/91)
From L.M. BOYD's column, February 28 (sort of a strange facts column): "History records that some of the world's first telephone booths were mistaken for elevators. Others for restrooms." [Moderator's Note: They are still used as public bathrooms here in Chicago, and places to leave public messages of the 'to whom it may concern' variety regarding places and people to call. :) PAT]
yazz@prodnet.la.locus.com (Bob Yazz) (03/03/91)
sichermn@beach.csulb.edu (Jeff Sicherman) writes: > From L.M. BOYD's column, February 28 (sort of a strange facts column): > "History records that some of the world's first telephone booths > were mistaken for elevators. Others for restrooms." > [Moderator's Note: They are still used as public bathrooms here in > Chicago :) PAT] If I might joke about junkies for a moment, I'll point out that they're still used by some as elevators too. Bob Yazz -- yazz@lccsd.sd.locus.com [Moderator's Note: And, as New York Telephone indignantly pointed out a couple years ago, they are *NOT* to be used as Confessionals. This was right after the scandalous 'True Confessions' 900 line first started operating, and the proprietor of same ran an advertisement of a man kneeling in a phone booth, hands folded, looking up at the phone in a meditative state. Anyway, would *you* want to kneel in front of a filthy toilet? :) PAT]