Thursday, January 25, 2007

That Twitching in Your Thigh is Probably Guilt Because of Something You Did

A while ago Clive Thompson at collisiondetection blogged about "ringxiety" and phantom cellphone ringtones. Like many people, I hear those all the time, but I also experience numerous instances of phantom vibrations, where my thigh will ring and I try to answer it. I mentioned this at work, and three colleagues said they get them too. Planning to post something about it here, I leapt to the Internet to employ the Google™ Web-search service as a handy way to check my idea for originality. Let’s just say I’m not the first to notice this phenomenon.

Anyone else? I’m sure that non-existent radiation the communists are always talking about is completely harmless. Spasming muscles burn calories!


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It happens to me almost daily. I'm sure it's more common when you're routinely in an environment that creates extraneous vibrations and noise (such as a train, bus, automobile, etc.) ugh!

Amy Plum said...

You guys need to move to Restigne. My thigh never rings. Neither does my cell phone.

Bill Braine said...

I must be giving out the wrong number for your thigh, then, because my friends say it never answers.

Anonymous said...

I am going to the doctor for this soon. I dont use a cell phone in my left pocket nor do I keep it on Vibrate. I do take a train every day. Its like a slight vibration its driving me nuts.