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Ma Bell is Back

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the guess-who's-back-back-again dept.

brass1 writes Ma Bell is back. It seems that for the purposes of branding, SBC is changing its name to AT&T once the acquisition is complete. Meanwhile, a great force and a high pitched whining sound has been reported from Judge Greene's grave as he spins at nearly 10K RPM."

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  1. Ma Bell? Yo no entiendo by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 3, Funny

    Could you please explain what's "Ma Bell" for us foreigners? Thanks.

    1. Re:Ma Bell? Yo no entiendo by DangerSteel · · Score: 5, Funny
      It was basically the phone company for the United States "back in the day". I think I remember thier motto to be:

      "We don't care, we don't have to !"

    2. Re:Ma Bell? Yo no entiendo by Jynx97 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Like Ma Bell, I Got The Ill Communication!!

    3. Re:Ma Bell? Yo no entiendo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Really? My pet peeve is when people can't be bothered to use Google or some such to do their own flippin' research.

    4. Re:Ma Bell? Yo no entiendo by Auntie+Virus · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'll wadger that in that same scenario your cell company

      Wadgers? Wadgers? We don't need to steenkin Wadgers!!!

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  2. Cool by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can we have Western Electric and Bell Labs back too?

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  3. service mark by blamanj · · Score: 5, Funny

    We Don't Care, We Don't Have To.

    Get Lily Tomlin on the line, she's got work to do.

  4. Re:I don't care what they call it, it ain't Ma Bel by NoTheory · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, the word MILF has been coined after Ma Bell disappeared, i'm kind of curious... what do you call a Ma who wants to screw you?

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  5. Like Ma Bell.... by Jeff+Mahoney · · Score: 2, Funny

    So are all their customers now in for some ill communication?

  6. I'm so sorry.... by Stavr0 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Does that mean they're reviving the 'Death Star' logo too?

    "That blast came from the Death Star! That thing's operational!"
    "It's a trap!"

  7. In related news... by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    SBC/AT&T announced they were looking to acquire the SCO Group and Lucent Technologies. Judge Greene's rotting corpse is reported to have been purchased by the local electric company, who announced it would be used for electric power generation it was spinning so fast, for an undisclosed sum

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  8. Only 10K? by Weaselmancer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Any decent SCSI-2 compliant judge corpse should spin at least 15K.

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  9. hmmm by StarvingSE · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anyone remember the scene in Terminator 2 when Arnie shoots the frozen T-1000 and it smashes to a million pieces, only to coalesque back into a big glob of liquid metal again?

    For some reason that image came to mind when reading this article.....

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  10. Re:They aren't as dangerous as before by Skowronek · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, I'm just trying to get DSL even though I *have* their phone service, and I can't - their page tells me I'm not a customer of SBC :/

  11. I for one welcome our new, err ... old, overlords. by lukateake · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this mean that Captain Crunch is coming out of retirement soon?

  12. Back to the Future Saw This Comming! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Remember in Back to the Future II when old Marty got a call from Needles and a voice at the end of the call said "Thank you for using AT&T"? Well it looks like that movie accurately predicted the return of the company back in 1988!

    That movie is like Nostradomus on flim!

  13. Judge Green will never know by hey! · · Score: 3, Funny

    He's still waiting for residential ISDN. Apparently the crypt is too far from the CO.

    If you need to get a hold of him though, call Mary Baker Eddy and leave a message for him.

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  14. Future Plans by FurrBear · · Score: 2, Funny

    Future business plans are to acquire BellSouth and Qwest and change the name to "The Phone Company®."