Back in the day, you had to write to the Post Office and they’d consider your application to have a telephone in your home.

It was done on a Strictly No Riff-raff basis.

Now they let just anybody have a phone line, and look where it’s got us.

Lynn News: Residents of new housing estate fuming at lack of phone lines

I can see your problem guys, you haven’t plugged it in.

Also, we’re amazed that people still want land lines, as they’re only ever used today be people pretending to be the Microsoft help desk.

Once you get a phone line installed, you’re obviously going to want to head back to the 1970s an insist on a phone book as well.

Lancashire Evening Post: Stuff the internet, I want a proper phone book made out of paper and words and stuff

We got ours recently, it was less phone book and more pamphlet.