Portable Phone

     Jay and I were walking between bus stops one sunny afternoon this week when I noticed a man carrying a heavy plastic bag in on hand. He was obviously not very comfortable with the weight of it, and I felt sorry that he had such a load and had to walk with it. I looked down to see what was so heavy. I saw something bulky, about 12 inches cubic, bright red, plastic and when I saw the ear piece, I realized he was carrying a huge telephone!  I immediately started smiling, then a giggle, then a downright laugh. I had been thinking earlier about the evolution of the cell phone, and how Jay's first one is now called The Brick. Well, that was nothing compared to the portable phone this guy had to lug around!  And just think how inconvenient it is to have to carry it around in a plastic bag, not in a tidy little case in your shirt pocket, and how he must have to find a place to set down the bag, fish out the phone, have his call, then have to put it all away again.  Haha ha. I know, it wasnt a cell phone, but it did give us a little laugh. I laughed about the mental image for two more blocks.