invention otd

[42itous]

In the future of telephone communications, generic hold music will be replaced by a menu of satellite radio stations: "For classic rock, press or say 1; for country music, press or say 2; for hip-hop, press or say 3; for classical music, press or say 4; for up-to-the-minute news and weather, press or say 5..."

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More cleverly, just have the phone send a "hold" signal that tells your own phone to play the music choices you already selected, but that is certainly too customer-friendly for phone companies. :)