I got for the Brain Surgery - turns out it's haunted.
It seemed a little strange when I unwrapped it - the ring menu contained nothing you'd want to announce a visitor: electro drum 'n' bass, rickety piano, cartoon car parps, swanee whistle - everything except ding dong.
I settled on a tinny cascade called 'peel of bells' but even that had consequences, prompting one patient to recall a '60s sitcom that no-one had ever heard of. To boost our memories she re-enacted the opening sequence and would've done the entire first series but someone said 'oh - that show' and I was able to show her into the consulting room.
Today the haunted doorbell started randomly playing bits from it's repertoire of bizarre sounds.
Maybe it's the plug socket that's possessed
Shuntaro Tanikawa.
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6 hours ago
YIKES! i think the only person who rings our doorbell is the FEDEX guy or maybe the postman, if i have to sign for something! i don't even remember what it sounds like! *wandering off to ring the doorbell* xoxoxox
ReplyDeletethat's the thing about doorbells, normally they just sound 'doorbell-ey' and you don't notice them xxoo
DeletePerhaps you could just tack up a paper sign urging people to yell 'DING DONG!'
ReplyDeleteAlso, please elaborate on the paranormal powers of this doorbell.
that's what used to happen before I installed the doorbell - people just yelled through the flap. Didn't want to know what would happen next so have given it to the church for exorcism
DeleteI would like a doorbell that played random selections from The Doors.
ReplyDeletehahaha - I want Dave Edmunds to come and sit in the hallway singing 'I hear you knocking (but you can't come in)'
DeleteI want to know which sit-com it was. I love a game of charades!
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something about a family which always started which them introducing themselves by ringing the doorbell - sounds great doesn't it?
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