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Torrey
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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 12:57
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I found this article on Yahoo news.

Quote: "LONDON (Reuters) - Up to a third of telephone users in Britain make calls in the nude, with men more prone to do it without clothes than women, a survey revealed on Thursday.

Research commissioned by Britain's Post Office, which offers a fledgling home phone service, revealed that 40 percent of men admitted to nattering naked compared with 27 percent of women. The results were based on a survey of 1,500 telephone users.

The research also showed that people were so busy that one in 10 people admitted to wandering off and leaving the caller talking to themselves.
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Any UKers want to explain why this rate is so high? I've changed clothes while talking but never just sat around with no clothes on chatting it up on the phone. Also if the rates are that high for the telephone, just imagine for the internet. Lee and Rich are probably answering our posts a third of the time with no clothes on.

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John Y
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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 13:19 Edited at: 28th Mar 2006 13:20
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Well, it usually happens that the phone rings while I'm in the shower, and have to run for the phone. I'm sure my neighbours get an eye full

But apart from that, don't make or receive naked calls.

Quote: "The research also showed that people were so busy that one in 10 people admitted to wandering off and leaving the caller talking to themselves."


Haha, or leave a tape running with the occassional 'Yeah, aha, yes, ok'


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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 13:29
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What's frikken hilarious is when my ex used to phone me while I was brushing my teeth with an electric toothbrush.

"ohooohooohoohooqoooowowwwwWWWWooooWWW yeah ... *spit* ... wowoooaoaooahahhahowhwhw"

"Just what the hell are you doing?"

"Nothing. *spit* wwwiwiooooowoowowowow".



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Van B
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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 13:36
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Surely how your dressed while answering the phone depends on how you were dressed before the thing rang?!!
It's not like Brits hear a phone and instantly get naked so we can answer in the nude, not usually at least, it's never been a pre-requisite to any of my phonecalls (yet).

These little tit-bits of crap are usually restricted to celebrity lifestyle magazines - that's about as much thought as they've put into this. Ohh wow, I wonder if Britain is sexier on the phone than Germany, ohh that'll be a fascinating survey. What next?, maybe work out statistically how long it takes Yahoo's writers to bore the teeth out of the average human.


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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 13:51
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I'd heard that Claudia Shiffer keeps calling up CattleRustler when he's in his birthday suit. He says its awfully inconvenient.

Personally I don't see any problem with this nudity issue but then remember that as a bear the only clothes I wear are my hat and tie and that I am covered in hair.

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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 13:54
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Can't wear a tie without a collar.


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Philip
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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 13:59
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But I am wearing a collar. See my white paper collar as appears on my avatar.

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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 14:07
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I often leave the caller on the phone. If someone calls on a crackly line with a foreign accent claiming to be Henry from my mobile phone supplier - I don't have a personal mobile phone - and asks for Mr Vink, I tell them I'll go get him. Then I just leave the phone on the table.

I figure they wasted my time and disrupted what I was doing, so touche!

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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 14:21
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Quote: "But I am wearing a collar. See my white paper collar as appears on my avatar."


My mistake, I thought you said the only clothes you wore were a hat and a tie. However, clearly I am mistaken, carry on.


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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 14:42
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We have the same problem here, only it's not just over the phone.

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Quote: "I am covered in hair."

I have the same problem, except that I am not a bear. See Austin Powers' chest wig? They shaved my ass to make that. I was cold for about 20 minutes, until it all grew back.

Quote: "my ex used to phone me while I was brushing my teeth with an electric toothbrush"

I have this "pat your head and rub your tummy" type image in my head, where you end up rubbing the phone on your face and end up talking to the tooth brush.

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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 15:23
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Good job video phones aren't widely availiable...

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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 15:40 Edited at: 28th Mar 2006 15:41
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what Batvink needs to do is raise the bar by getting a phone with a "hold" button that plays some tinny digital greensleeves at em (BT Quartet for eg), what I do is say "just one moment and I will get theowner for you" and put em on hold ,ten minutes later you hear it chirp as they hang up



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That "research" is only worth the bytes it takes up if you believe everyone that was asked told the truth. As for all the nakedness, w000000000000000t!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!1!

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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 16:31
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Im naked now.







I'm at work.

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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 17:00
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Ironically, as much fun as it is to have a phone conversation while stark bollock naked, it's more fun to have sex with the majority of your clothes left on. Which begs the question ... what else are we doing wrong? Perhaps we should be bathing fully clothed? ... saved on using the washing machine. Maybe we should go clothes shopping naked? Makes it much easier to try stuff on. I mean .... when you think about it, have we just got it all completely wrong? I'm going to get naked now and go outside for a smoke ....

.... hang on. Blim burns!

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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 17:27
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Blim burns in the nude - don't relish that!

See, that's the main danger of nudity, most accidents happen in the home - and with all your bits hanging out there's so much more sensitive area to meet with an accident.

Anything happens to my old chap and I'd have to kill myself.


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Posted: 28th Mar 2006 17:53
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This thread is so kinky. I wonder if phone sex means som thing different in england.

-person1:"Oh hi Jane, just give me a minute. I'll go get Nigel, could you hold?"
10 minutes
-person1:"Oh kay, I'm back. So what did you want?"
-person2:"I was just calling you say hi"
-person1:"Oh, hiiiii theeeeen. It's reeeeeaaly niiiice to seeee yoooaaaaahhhhhh. OMG OMG OMG!"
(just a note: I've seen this happen on a québecois movie before )

Quote: "We have the same problem here, only it's not just over the phone. "
What are you talking about!? We talk on the phone while making love to walruses here in the rest of Canada. Be a real canadian!

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@Van B: just avoid barbeques and you should be safe




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This thread rated PG-13 for innuedno like you wouldn't believe, and minor language. Viewer discretion is advised. Lockability certified by the...someone who's cooler then you.

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Quote: "I wonder if phone sex means som thing different in england."

Depends what it means in Canada, and whether it involves a red uniform...

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Quote: "Can't wear a tie without a collar."

wanna bet?

This article seems like it wants you to think that people lie around naked often. Of that 40%, how often does it actually happen?

That's like asking people if they've ever had to go to the bathroom while talkin on the phone. 100% say they have, so therefore receiving a phone call makes one want to pee.


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it's more common than you think, what happens if you call someone at 6-7-8am what chance they are not properly dressed yet, or night workers when they crawl out of bed, are they properly dressed?

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At the risk of pointing out the obvious, I think this article highlights a cultural difference - and it's not that we all like to get on the blower in our birthday suit.

Perhaps people in the UK consider it rude to say "Actually, now's not a good time - call back later". Whenever I call someone, I'm aware that it may not be convenient for them to talk - so I always ask. Even when people say they can talk, it could be that they're just being polite.

So, as lag pointed out, people will always call you when you're about to get into the shower or bath, or when you're still in bed (god bless cordless phones) and maybe we're just too nice not to answer the phone?

That's another thing - maybe there's a high adoption rate of cordless phones over here? Compared to other countries ... I dunno.

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Quote: "See, that's the main danger of nudity, most accidents happen in the home - and with all your bits hanging out there's so much more sensitive area to meet with an accident."


I once heard this story about a guy that had just gotten out of the shower and his wife asked him to fix a pipe under the sink. He gets down there without putting his clothes on and their cat notices bits hanging, and attacks. The guy ended up cracking his head on the pipe/sink and knocking himself out cold.

Quote: "Perhaps people in the UK consider it rude to say "Actually, now's not a good time - call back later". Whenever I call someone, I'm aware that it may not be convenient for them to talk - so I always ask. Even when people say they can talk, it could be that they're just being polite. "


Ever accidently call a friend that is getting it out with his girl? That has to be the most akward thing that can ever happen.

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i get a kick out of being able to answer the phone naked. Its not like i'd go out of my way to do this, but it's just the height of leisure, especially if the other person is calling from work, where not only do they have to be dressed, but they have to be dressed smartly! Another great thing is to answer the phone while on the bog, it just makes me laugh that i'm talking to them while taking a dump and they have no idea... until splash down.

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Oh my


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Quote: "Another great thing is to answer the phone while on the bog"

Yes, it's great that, very hygienic.

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Mobile phones are very useful in bogs...

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Ay and what if you drop it? You're screwed. Much better to have a phone with a cord in a situation like that


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Yes, you would be rather stuck if you dropped it...

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Quote: "their cat notices bits hanging, and attacks. "
I'd be much less worried about the head injuries, than... other injuries.

The bog thing acctually made me laugh out loud, it was quite embarassing.

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Quote: "what happens if you call someone at 6-7-8am what chance they are not properly dressed yet,"


call me that earlier, and I'll beat you.


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what happens if i drop my phone in the bog? well its not come up, i hold it extra tight... although there was once when i dropped it in a urinal...

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My friend's sister dropped her phone in the pooper. It broke. God knows what she was doing. I mean, girls have to sit down to pee and don't have to make room for urinary dispensers, they can cover the doughnut adequately. Y'know what I mean?


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this is just a thought, but is there something your "friend's sister" isnt telling you?

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