Beam me up, Scotty!

I have a confession to make.

I hate ringtones.

Now, for those of you who know me IRL (in real life), I can hear what you're thinking, "That hypocritical-ding-bat Lani is a real piece of work! I had to listen to her stupid Star Trek ringtone for years!"

It's true, too. For a short time, I was obsessed with my Star Trek: TOS (The Original Series) theme song ringtone. But you know what? The novelty wore off.  I like to think that ringtones will one day share the same fate as hypercolor t shirts - almost forgotten.

And although some ringtones can be amusing  (like when my soon-to-be sister in law's phone started playing the Wonderpets theme song, "What's gunna work? Teamwork!")  I am now of the school that if you're out in public or around people you don't know, your phone should be on vibrate. Oh, and for the love of Yoda, please don't leave that ridiculous Borg inspired wireless earpiece in your ear!!!  I admit, I am by no means proficient in the skill of "cool". I am a complete nerd and I am well aware that I have no fashion sense. But one thing I know for certain, Halloween is on one day of the year. Stop pretending you're Jeri Ryan! It looks ridiculous. I can't take you serious! You may as well be wearing a shoe on your head. And to prove how ridiculous that looks, I'll show you:

My Question to you: What is the worst ringtone you've ever had the misfortune of hearing?

Comments

[Chelly]

I wont say worst, but more along the line of funny.... A friend had the "I like Big Buttes" song as her home ringtone. I will say, i am sure people got annoyed with me, when I was State side, I had Groove Coverage "Runaway" song as my Husband's ring tone....

I would have my cell on vibrate, but I just can't feel it.. I never can, I have to hear it, and I have to have something I know to be a little off, like the ring tone for my kids, it is the Syko theme song. But then, it fits for them lol.

[mjv]

Yo, that's tight -- a Feets-Free Shoe Adaptor. I must have one. Do you know if they make it in (red)?

[laceyJ.]

Haha- hilarious! And! So true! My sister has a Hanna Montana song for her ring tone (for her daughters), but it drives me mad!

[Q]

Is that Blue Steel? :O

[Angela]

Oh man. This girl I used to work with (the obnoxious drama-girl who thinks she's WAAAAAAAAAY [and I mean WAY] prettier than she really is) had the Ghostbusters song. EFFING ANNOYING. I wanted to strangle her.

And you and I share the same thoughts about stupid little BlueTooth headsets. People who use them look like they are talking to themselves. The only people who should EVER use headsets are secretaries who must type while on the phone.

[Aimee]

My co-worker had the Nickelback Photograph song and it drove me CRAZY. Every day, over and over again, for over a year, I would hear "look at this old photograph. Everytime I do it makes me laugh." Well it made me want to pull my hair out.

I will forever hate hate hate that song.

[JB]

When I was much younger, I had "Big Pimpin" as my ringtone. Once it went off in the middle of church. Not good. After that I stopped using ringtones.

[sizzle]

My phone is on permanent vibrate because 99% of all ring tones bug the shit out of me.

[Jessica]

The worst ring tone? The Sex and the City theme song, but only because it went off at my great-Aunt's funeral.
No joke.
Effing people.

[John]

Hahahaha...what an awesome pic. I can relate with the ear piece. Some people I know that have them go everywhere with it in their ear, and they have to walk with that swagger that says, "Hey look at me. I'm cool cause I'm pretending I'm part cyborg." Then when they receive a call, they press that button as if it's too hot to touch and shout "Yello!"

As far as ringtones, I have to say I've got some pretty sweet ones - that's cause I made all of them myself and uploaded them to my phone.

[Robin]

is that you? you are absolutely stunning. even with a foot attached to your head.

the worst ring tone... a tie: between "I love big butts" (a good friend of mine) and my own, "Ode to joy" - don't ask.

[Matt]

HA HA hilarious...I would have to say, the worse ringtone I have ever heard was the thong song ringtone my cousin used to have. I absolutely hated the song...and because of this, he would turn the ringtone on everytime I was around.

[Nikki]

Every time you call me, it playes "Sexy Back" by Justin Timberlake. Thought you'd like to know :)

I was once eating breakfast in a restaurant, where a man walked in, wearing his bluetooth earpiece, and continued to wear it throughout his meal. I was bothered, but thought "there are pretentious people everywhere and I can't be bothered by them". This was until HE PULLED OUT HIS CELL PHONE AND PUT IT TO HIS OTHER EAR.

Seriously. Why buy the earpiece and NOT USE IT?

It's not a fashion accessory. It doesn't make you look cool...never mind the fact that it makes you look like LOSER when you use your normal phone AT THE SAME TIME.

That's my rant for today.

[Ipsquiggle]

First off: That picture made my day. Awesome. :D Truly.

I agree on every count. My cell phone(s) has been on vibrate pretty much since I got it 7 years ago. :)

Generally, I'm not completely opposed to ringers... I mean, phones, traditionally, ring. But any ringer based on any sort of real song tends to be awful for one reason or another. Especially rap stuff. :\

[Ipsquiggle]

Also, Nikki: I see people doing the earpiece on one side, phone on the other thing all the time.

Other things that kill me dead:

When someone has one of the in-cord mics, and they are holding the cord up to their mouth: If you're gonna be holding something up to your face anyways, just use the damn phone!

In the same vein, those walkie-talkie phones kill me more deader... The phone screaming out the garbled voice of the other person completely unaware, the person holding the phone screaming into it because they have to hold it far away from their face, that AWESOME double-beep every time someone utters a word... ARGH.

[Eric the BeehiveHairdresser]

I don't remember hearing a worst, but I recently heard that 4 Non Blondes Hey Yay Yeeeeaaaaaaayyyyah! song and it was awesome!