Why? In movies, when someone hangs up a public phone...

eSDee · 03-02-2003, 07:46 PM

99% of the time you hear the coin hit the change slot as if the call never connected?

Do they do that on purpose? Or do they think we are just not that observent? Am I just a couple of fries short of a Happy Meal?

GraingerGuy · 03-02-2003, 08:10 PM

Mojo is a sl.....wait...this isn't a poll....

Speedfreak · 03-03-2003, 01:37 AM

That is an interesting observasion. What would be really weird is if it made that sound when Superman comes out after changing.

Don't worry. You are not a couple of Mojos short of a whorehouse.

Jeffbx · 03-03-2003, 07:17 AM

Maybe it's the same reason that whenever a car stops or pulls away in the movies, you hear the tires squeal. Acoustics in movieland must be different than here in real life.

whitak24 · 03-04-2003, 09:42 AM

actually, what you're hearing (i think) is the coin hitting the "coin box" at the bottom of the phone.

if i remember correctly (with the celly, it's been awhile since i touched a pay phone), the phone counts the money as you put it in, but it doesn't flush it down into the coin box until you hang up the phone. or, if no connection was made, when you hang up, it diverts it into the coin slot.

03-02-2003, 07:46 PM	#1
eSDee Old Skooler Numba 1 Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Diego Posts: 10,063	Why? In movies, when someone hangs up a public phone... 99% of the time you hear the coin hit the change slot as if the call never connected? Do they do that on purpose? Or do they think we are just not that observent? Am I just a couple of fries short of a Happy Meal?

03-02-2003, 08:10 PM	#2
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03-03-2003, 01:37 AM	#3
Speedfreak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: I am here, so there I am. Posts: 8,027	That is an interesting observasion. What would be really weird is if it made that sound when Superman comes out after changing. Don't worry. You are not a couple of Mojos short of a whorehouse. __________________ Call me Fleet Admiral §pêêÐƒrêák™! Go get me some coffee. CoolSpeed

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03-03-2003, 07:17 AM	#4
Jeffbx Fleet Admiral Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Michigan Posts: 9,390	Maybe it's the same reason that whenever a car stops or pulls away in the movies, you hear the tires squeal. Acoustics in movieland must be different than here in real life.

03-04-2003, 09:42 AM	#5
whitak24 easily amused Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: my office Posts: 9,781	actually, what you're hearing (i think) is the coin hitting the "coin box" at the bottom of the phone. if i remember correctly (with the celly, it's been awhile since i touched a pay phone), the phone counts the money as you put it in, but it doesn't flush it down into the coin box until you hang up the phone. or, if no connection was made, when you hang up, it diverts it into the coin slot.

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