3 thoughts on “Taking The Joy Out of Phone Calls

  1. He should just be glad it wasn’t Julie from Visa/Mastercard services calling about his cars extended warranty.Report

  2. Interesting detail – one dictionary has that ‘Bushwa[h]’ at the time (1910s-1920s) was slang for ‘nonsense’ (and likely a bowdlerized form ‘bullshit’)
    https://www.thefreedictionary.com/bushwah

    So it works on one level as that era’s ‘555’ trope but also as a more specific joke at the main character’s expense.Report

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