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In a Cell Phone Minute

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Designed like a flip-top cell phone, In a Cell Phone Minute humor writer Judy Reiser has collected dozens of cell phone stories.

Chapters are:

LOL (laughing out loud)

Where RU?

Auto Misdial

Saved by the Cell

RU Tlkn 2 Me?

911

Lost and Found

Jest Kiddin

Does My Insurance Cover This?

Those #$%%^ Cell Phones

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Anytime Minutes

I bet you can think of your own cell phone story that would fit in any one of these categories.

For example, my friend Betsy answered to her phone to hear: "This is Red and White Cab. We found a phone in one of our cabs that had your phone number in it under MOM. Do you know who it belongs to?" Betsy's son, like so many people, have only a cell phone, no landline, and if they lose their phone, you can't even call them to say you found it--so those who did a little investigation usually call HOME or MOM and track down the owner. When Betsy went to pick up the phone, the woman's drawer was full of unclaimed phones. Now all Betsy had to do was find a way to tell her son she had his phone.

Armchair Interviews says: Reiser's collected stories are the good, the bad and the ugly about cell phones. We love ours, but hate the person who has rude manners, talks loudly in public (as if we care about his conversation) and generally annoy us. Great little gift book for those who think they must have a cell phone to their ear--or they are missing something!

More than fifty individuals offer brief but interesting and thoughtful stories about how the use of a cell phone has affected their lives. Some of the funniest stories are by those who thought they had hung up their cell phone, but really hadn't and carried on conversations that their future mother-in-law, bosses or girlfriends then overheard.

Other stories center on phones coming on by themselves when the person is bumped and the speed-dial mechanism comes on -- I laughed out loud reading the story where a person who answered their phone could only hear people screaming at the top of their lungs; it turned out the phone's owner was on a roller coaster and as she was jostled back-and-forth, the speed-dial mechanism was triggered and made the call in the middle of her ride.

Probably the smartest use of the cell phone described was the person who was pulled over and -- while being given a ticket for an expired registration -- he pulled the form out from behind his visor, called a friend and registered his car online and then as the policeman handed him his ticket he showed the policeman the filled-out form and authorization number. That's fast-talking and fast work to avoid getting your car towed !

The book itself is eye-catching as it's presented in a tablet format to resemble a cell phone. It flips up and the title page looks like a telephone keypad. Judy Resier has a cute winner here, as it will make a great gift for the speed talkers in your life. Indeed, if I were a cell phone seller, I'd buy copies and give them out with the phones -- customers would love it !

R. Neil Scott, MBA/MSLS

Middle Tennessee State University

In a Cell Phone Minute is a really cute and sometimes thought-provoking book. Everyone seems to have some kind of cell story after all. This is a fast but fun read to make you think, give you inspiration, share with friends, or just to make you laugh!