the virtue of rotary

my friend just told me a story about the woman who works for her as a babysitter. the babysitter broke up with her boyfriend finally and at long last because 'she is too good for him.' but that's not actually why she cut him off, it is not a straw that breaks even a mouse's back.

it is that one night he 'pocket dialed' her.

i have never heard that term. have you?

my friend explained it's when your cell phone is in your pocket and you move in such a way that the phone jostles and inadvertently dials someone. (i have an acquaintance from college who regularly pocket dials me. sometimes at 3 or 4 in the morning, which can be annoying. i finally called him recently to tell him this and he apologized and invited me to a clambake.) in this case the bloke was on a date with another woman and he pocket dialed his girlfriend and she got to hear him try to convince the other woman to kiss him.

almost unbelievable. and an excellent argument against cellphones.