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[| PASSAGE 6, , , , to be wise or pose ag, : ly like the telephone,, , i ; eI don't real Cane, unusual. There are two chief HOE Po aey eat, breathe, and sleep thot, , a yenln DEB est! and, , think it is a P a, , it. Why don’t I like the telephone ? I vin anxiety, 28 when you, time-waster. It may create unnecessary *e nating delay, as when yoy, wait for an expected call that doesn’t come + OF ier a epeaking ina pil, keep ringing a number that is always engagt ou would not use it unlesg, , Ne ;, telephone box, that seems to me really horrible Seer i will find of, you were in a hurry, and because you are in @ ;, , é ou are, people waiting before you, When you do get ta aoa co, and chain-smoking ; e time in yours, , Aa ae eee i erid locks of eomebody who is Adzetinis (0 takeanm, place, , If you have a telephone in your house, t, hen you least ae jt — when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or, a conversation, or when you are just going out, or when you are in your bath., Are you strong-minded enough to ignore it, to say to yourself, ‘Ah well, it, will be the same in a hundred years time. ? You are not. You think there, may be some important news or message for you. Have you never rushed, dripping from the bath, or chewing from the table, or dazed’ from bed, only, to be told that you are wrong number ? You were told the truth. In my opinion,, all telephone numbers are wrong numbers. If, of course, your telephone rings, and you decide not to answer it, then you will have to listen to an idiotic, bell ringing and ringing in what is supposed to be the privacy of your own, home. You might as well buy a bicycle bell and ring it yourself., , retend, 1 Why don’t I have a telephone ? Not becaus® Ip, , , , you will admit that it tends to ring, , , , Word mnegiingees, 1. pest—annoying person or thing, 75a feen 84 aren, made ill due to lack of fresh air reaching the lun,, fidgeting—making small, restless moveme, El F % far a We ar aa,, wr