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Category: Personal
Posted on: May 22, 2008 11:11 AM, by Chad Orzel

Where is my cell phone?

Well?!? Where is it?

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# 1 | Evan | May 22, 2008 11:26 AM

Just hand out your number to everyone online who asks for it. You'll be sure to have it ringing enough to never lose it again.

# 2 | Chad Orzel | May 22, 2008 11:29 AM

I already tried calling it, but I generally leave it in "Manner Mode" so it doesn't make enough noise to be heard.

# 3 | mph | May 22, 2008 11:39 AM

Does the dog look perturbed when you call the phone?

# 4 | Jamie Bowden | May 22, 2008 11:46 AM

It's in the pants currently soaking in the washing machine, of course.

You know how hard that was to arrange from 500 miles away?

# 5 | cisko | May 22, 2008 11:56 AM

In the left-bottom drawer in the fridge, next to the grape tomatoes.

Oh, sorry, that's where the celery is. My bad.

My guess is that you wore a coat or heavier shirt yesterday and left the phone in its pocket. I do that every spring and fall, when the temps are all over the place.

# 6 | PalMD | May 22, 2008 12:00 PM

Just to clarify, I don't have it, so you can strike me off the list. Only a few billion more to go.

# 7 | Josh | May 22, 2008 1:00 PM

Between the couch cushions

# 8 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden | May 22, 2008 1:06 PM

In a box, with Schroedinger's cat.

# 9 | blf | May 22, 2008 1:08 PM

another alien abduction!

# 10 | Mary Aileen | May 22, 2008 1:12 PM

Right where you left it, of course!

# 11 | chezjake | May 22, 2008 1:23 PM

You will find it in the last place you look for it.

# 12 | JT | May 22, 2008 1:48 PM

It's in the car, between the seat and the door.

# 13 | HP | May 22, 2008 2:46 PM

/* mounts pulpit; turns to face congregation */

Where's my cell phone?, indeed. When you stop to think about it, isn't that the question we're all asking? For some it is the Cell Phone of Independence, the freedom to travel without fear; for others, it is the Cell Phone of Community, be it business, friends, family, school, or church. For still others, it is the Cell Phone of Intimacy, allowing constant closeness to those most dear even while grocery shopping, driving down the highway, or enjoying a play or motion picture. On this St. Nokia's Day, it is my fervent prayer that each of you finds your cell phone, whatever it may be, in the bosom of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

# 14 | Anon | May 22, 2008 4:29 PM

I don't know its location, but I do know its velocity.

Doesn't help much, I know.

# 15 | Trip the Space Parasite | May 22, 2008 5:07 PM

Sorry, I was hungry!

# 16 | Captain Button | May 22, 2008 5:24 PM

{wind chimes}
Look for the call, not the phone.
{wailing}

# 17 | Coin | May 22, 2008 5:45 PM

This is actually one of the times where a conversation with your dog is likely to be the best method of gathering information

# 18 | Johan Larson | May 22, 2008 7:17 PM

If you're at home, it's at work, else it's at home.

# 19 | ...tom... | May 22, 2008 7:37 PM

...
I recently ...'misplaced' the family camera. Why did I not think to ask the world wide web where it had gone..?!?

By the way, found it stuffed under the front seat of the family's second car. Silly me.

...tom...
.

# 20 | KeaponLaffin | May 22, 2008 10:21 PM

It's on Sol-3.
GPS tracking, which proly won't help. If you're that desperate and properly skilled you may wish to search the Maker sites for a signal tracker thingie. If the batteries are still charged you could pick up the 'I'm On/Here I am' signal like using a dowsing rod...the techie kind that actually works. ;)

# 21 | Ray | May 23, 2008 5:32 AM

I have it.
I'll call you now to arrange a ransom.
....
....
Oh, %^%£^

# 22 | agm | May 23, 2008 9:07 PM

This seems somewhat amusing in this context.

# 23 | dileffante | May 24, 2008 12:58 AM

Ha! You think you did it... You think you found something the internet cannot answer.

Well, my answer is 100% certain and correct: Your phone is in the U.S.A.