The Remarkable Fools Letter

The Remarkable Fools Letter

a brief history of mobile communications

Car, briefcase, brick, bar, flip, bar, flip

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Jim Dalling
May 14, 2021
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How exciting.

There are fones that fold fand phlip.

It’s remarkably foolish

And?

New and improved?

We fall for it every time

As a child?

My father brought canned bread home from the grocery store.

Canned bread.

Why the hell would he have done that?

It had a sticker on it that said ‘new and improved’

New and improved!

New and improved?

I’m done with new and improved.

What am I looking for?

How about absurd and playful?

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