Thread: 9 min, 36 sec: Perfect phone call

The perfect phone call lasts for nine minutes and 36 seconds and contains a chatty mix of family news, current affairs, a sprinkling of
personal problems and a dash of the weather, according to experts.

Researchers came up with the best subject matter and timing after analysing likes and dislikes of more than 2000 people about talking on the phone.

According to the experts, in a call lasting nine minutes and 36 seconds, three minutes should be spent catching up with news about family and friends, one minute on personal problems, another minute on work/school, 42 seconds on current affairs and 24 seconds on the weather.

Chatting about the opposite sex should last 24 seconds, 12 seconds should be spent on celebrity gossip, one minute and 42 seconds on laughing, 12 seconds on silence and a minute on other general topics. One in five people also said that they spent most time on the phone to their mother.

What was the maximum duration you have spoken on phone?

If only I used this much time on the phone, I would have saved so much money, but anyway thanks for this Ramesh, will try putting it into action from today, so will save time and money for me!

The most time I have spent on the phone is 7 hours!

I must disagree.......
The following is an example of the phone conv i always expect but never happens.........


1. is it ready ?
2. yeah, its ready.come and get it.
1. if anything happens this time........
2. dont worry boss, i m taking 20
1. good good, bring my mag along.

Originally Posted by Preeti_20

The most time I have spent on the phone is 7 hours!

The most I spent on the phone is
On my mobile: 3 & 1/2 hrs
On office VOIP: 14 hours

By the way this 14 hour VOIP call, was it a continuous call?

Originally Posted by Preeti_20

By the way this 14 hour VOIP call, was it a continuous call?

it had a 30min break (for lunch)..... but the call wasn't disconnected...

The most i have spent on VOIP is 4 hours single call
and on Mobile I am not sure

I have spend 10 minutes in phone and 1 and 1/2 hours in VOIP max.

i dont kno abt 9 mins, but 36 sec is fine for me
from now on, every call will be of 36 sec only :lol:

max was 32:50 secs on std

do u use morse-code on the phone line..........

Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

do u use morse-code on the phone line..........

i made a hybrid of sms and ph call
works fine :lol: try man

I spend a fair amount of time on VOIP ...... Longest duration i guess it must have been 6 hrs

Phone I am notorious for not attending calls :lol: .......

You see the ring of a phone disturbs the tranquil state of my mind [it rings at the most inappropriate times]. So i always keep my phone in silent mode . Hence i dont end up attending lot of the calls :lol: :lol:

Max time i have spent on the phone was 3 hrs i guess [during school/college days ]
Nowadays not more than 30 mins .

@shadow

yeah, u r right. since these days I dont have much use of a cell, I feel like throwing it away sometime. It rings and rings mostly when feel the blues and u end up talking to the last person u wanna talk to....

Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

u end up talking to the last person u wanna talk to....

like ur girl friend or wife ? :lol:

Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

@shadow

yeah, u r right. since these days I dont have much use of a cell, I feel like throwing it away sometime. It rings and rings mostly when feel the blues and u end up talking to the last person u wanna talk to....

:lol: :lol: :lol:

You read my mind

Many a times i have resisted the urge to chuck my phone

Now here is a phone-call almost perfect.........


ring ring

Me : Hello...
XX : Good morning sir, did u buy and eat a vanila cornetto this morning which tasted
like lemon-syrup ???
Me : Why Yes !!!!!! How did u.........
XX : Well congratulations sir, U have just won 10 million bucks by eating that lucky
1000millionth cornetto from our company.....
Me : Whammy !!!!! what r the taxes ???????
XX : already paid
Me : where do I gotta go to collect....
(rrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiing ---my doorbell rings )
XX : nowhere, that must be our man at ur door with the money. Enjoy .

I miss such calls.... brief and to the point.......enjoyable too :lol:

Here is the most Imperfect Phone Call

Phone rings as i have forgotten to put it in silent mode .....

its 9:00 AM and i am sleeping

Me : Hello ??? [sleepily]
My Friend : Brian man ,Where the hell are you ?
Me : What ? Why ? .....
Brian : Are you still in bed ?
Me : yeah
Brian : Dude ! Have a look at the watch .....its 9:00AM ..... xxxx [Boss] is Gonna kill you
Me : Oh S*** [running around in panic] ....Tell him i had an accident or something .... Keep him busy till i arrive
Brian : [Laughing]
Me : This is a bad time to be joking
Brian :[Still Laughing] Todays Sunday fool :lol:
Me : *Censored*
Brian : :lol: :lol:

:lol: That makes 3 of us... Apart from all these things... I've a unique way of keepin my cell silent...When I'm at home I never care whether my handset's battery is charged or not... :lol: never care if its around my bed or its in the other room too...(Ramesh thats why I wear watch all the time, even if I've a mobile set..)

Longest duration I've talked is 7 hrs (Preeti..R u sure it was not me u talked to for longest hrs) with my friend's girfriend in 12th grade... And that too in knowledge of my friend and my then girlfriend...

Trivia - My cordless got discharged couple of times in that call... I had to use basic phone set while cordless was recharging...

It remember once me and my girlfriend opted for a CUG scheme on Airtel, according to which we can make an unlimited free calls on any choosen no. we both choose each others numbers.
At the end of the month our cumilative billing detais were:

Charges: 25680
Discount (CUG): 25120
Balance :560
Service Tax :100 (apprx don't remember exact figure)

Bill paid approx: 650-700

Next month Airtel withdrew the CUG scheme

Originally Posted by Manish

It remember once me and my girlfriend opted for a CUG scheme on Airtel, according to which we can make an unlimited free calls on any choosen no. we both choose each others numbers.
At the end of the month our cumilative billing detais were:

Charges: 25680
Discount (CUG): 25120
Balance :560
Service Tax :100 (apprx don't remember exact figure)
Bill paid approx: 650-700

Next month Airtel withdrew the CUG scheme

thats too much... did u guys used to talk while in dreams too? :lol: earlier I was having vodaphone with CUG... but never talked for more than half an hr each day with my gf... cuz we used to meet everyday for some time...

Now I'm having dhuribhai's reliance... with a scheme of reliance2reliance free all over India... its half an hour in the morning and half an hour in the evening... thats primarily cuz we r geographically apart right now...

Originally Posted by itsmemad

thats too much... did u guys used to talk while in dreams too? :lol: earlier I was having vodaphone with CUG... but never talked for more than half an hr each day with my gf... cuz we used to meet everyday for some time...

Now I'm having dhuribhai's reliance... with a scheme of reliance2reliance free all over India... its half an hour in the morning and half an hour in the evening... thats primarily cuz we r geographically apart right now...

We too don't use much phone nowadays,no no its not lack of interest...its because we are Happily Married

OK... thats kool... didn't know that u r married...

I announced that before some time back...may be you missed that or it could be before you

the max i talked on my mobile at a stretch was 1hr 21mins... with my teacher friend ... that was a GOOD call... the good ol days...

btw CONGRATS on ur marriage Manish!

Thank you...it being more than a year