Do you ever think about the time before mobile phones? The era of calling your the landline in your mate’s house, only for their mum to answer.
“Can I talk to Jimmy, please?”
“Is that Tom? OK, I’ll get Jimmy.”
“… JIMMY! JIMMY! TOM IS ON THE PHONE.”
“Hello.”
“Hello. Do you want to come round my house?”
“… MUM! CAN I GO ROUND TOM’S HOUSE?”
“… ARE YOU HAVING TEA THERE?”
“Mum says am I having tea there?”
“… MUM, CAN JIMMY HAVE TEA HERE?”
“… YES.”
“Yes.”
“OK.”
“OK.”
“Bye.”
We had such wonderful conversations on phones, before everything became texts and WhatsApp messages.