The Gossip Fence

[TechBear]

Didn't you know the three most effective forms of communication?
telephone
television
tell-a-woman

If you need to add urgency to the message make sure you add, "It's a secret!"

[morrison]

Yes, "It's a secret."

[Colin]

Ah yes, the Irish women's news network. My wife, bless her heart may be a 3rd generation Canadian, but a proud supporter of the Irish Women's news network. I often hear what I am doing from my friends before I have heard it from my wife

[Kiltman]

I was staying at a Bed and Breakfast in Co. Sligo in Ireland, and took a walk to the local restaurant recommended by our host. When we returned, the women we rented from informed us, that a half hour after we left the house, her phone rang and one of the local women called her to let her know there was a guy in a kilt at the local pub. Amazing, that 30 minutes after I stepped out the door, the whole city was aware of my presence. I don't know if that has happend before, but it was the first time I have been made aware of it.

Jay,
It must be some kind of record a "whole city". I don't believe anyone else can brag of such an accomplishment. Congratulations

[Freelander Sporrano]

Now if only Bill (Gates)or Steve( Jobs) could get their boffins to make a processor that used gossip...or maybe Bad news (Travels a tad faster). We'd all have super computers

Thanks for the story Jay . Being well over half Irish I can relate to village life in Silgo.. 15 years ago I rented a bicycle in Silgo half an hour into my ride it began to rain. The guy saw I hadn't a jacket . He drove out and fetched me back when I had to take shelter....Service

[Rex_Tremende]

In the early days of Ma Bell there was a system of telephone switch stations ...

As a second-generation Bell Brat (my father worked for the Bell System/AT&T from ~1959-~1990, and I worked for AT&T as temporary 1983-1985, then full time 1986-2003), a witness to divestiture (1984) and trivestiture (1996), I appreciate that brief history.

Regards,
Rex in Cincinnati

[morrison]

Amazing, that 30 minutes after I stepped out the door, the whole city was aware of my presence. I don't know if that has happend before, but it was the first time I have been made aware of it.

Utterly awesome, haha! :rolleyes: Talk about loose lips and fast slips. Does anyone recall the movie GREASE wherein the character Rizzo was walking the lot at the drive-in theater returning to her boyfriends car after leaving the ladies room where she had reveal that she'd missed her period? By the time she got back to the car she heard the gossiped rumor that she was pregnant. An incredibly funny sequence.