What do you think would happen if

Godsentme

All Mobile phones in Ireland were completely shut down for a month, no exceptions??

Agent Smith

People would use payphones

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

everybody over the age of 25 would be fine, everyone 25 and under would start freaking out and burning ****

Sauve

Godsentme wrote: »

All Mobile phones in Ireland were completely shut down for a month, no exceptions??

We'd show up on time to meet our friends.

Intensive Care Bear

There would me massive queue's at the phone boxes.

Nodin

Godsentme wrote: »

All Mobile phones in Ireland were completely shut down for a month, no exceptions??

To me, nothing, as I don't have one. Others may wander around wiggling their thumbs in the air, looking blankly at dusty landlines.

Rayne Wooney

We'd use house phones?

le la rat

The government would invest a load on stamps leading too recession part deux after a month

meoklmrk91

Just calling and texting function or Internet too?

areyawell

Isn't that what Facebook and Skype are for? Or you could take a dump on your friends doorstep and leave a little note saying you were thinking of them

notnumber

Skype

Duckworth_Luas

People would be forced to sit through an entire cinema screening or music gig without checking their Facefriend account!

GastroBoy

That would be class. Peace & quiet!!

Wee Willy Harris

I would lobby my webtext service for an inbox

else just use email.

Godsentme

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Just calling and texting function or Internet too?

All mobiles, no matter what they can do. Shut down. Payphones and landlines are allowed.

Oranage2

"Hello Mrs Ryan is David in?"

MsQuinn

I'd call my friend on the house phone who would say she will meet me at the bottom of my road in 15 mins.

I'd be there on time. I'd wait for 20 mins. Then walk another 15 mins to her house. Ring her bell.

Her Mam would say she's upstairs - go on up. I'd go up and say WTF.

She would say Sorry, I was watching ElDorado and lost track of time. I'd say OK - are you ready to go now!!!

She'd say yea. Then we'd go down town.

fasttalkerchat

Anyone with a landline would have a queue for their house.

super_furry

People would be on time. When you make plans to meet at the Central Bank at 9, you're there at 9.

fasttalkerchat

Oranage2 wrote: »

"Hello Mrs Ryan is David in?"

I remember a lad we knocked about with. Was no good with manners or social niceties.

"Hello"
>"Is this Dave?"
"No, Its his mother"
>"Put Dave on"

areyawell

If you have a persons number who you ring, your generally friends with them on facebook where you can video call and chat and leave messages for? I dont see the point of this thread?

Mint Sauce

I'd save up to 50-60 euro. Then use a get out clause on my contract with my provider.

Zomg Okay

Wouldn't be too bothered personally. Watching the people who recently spent a fortune on the iPhone 5 being unable to use it and having breakdowns would be great craic though.

Badly Drunk Boy

An awful lot of payphones, or rather telephone boxes, don't exist anymore.

Oranage2

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

I remember a lad we knocked about with. Was no good with manners or social niceties.

"Hello"
>"Is this Dave?"
"No, Its his mother"
>"Put Dave on"

Ha, whatever happened to the lad?

Pottler

Peace would descend? Mine starts ringing at 7am and goes on till 7pm, 6 days a week. Headwrecking.

Bruthal

Zomg Okay wrote: »

Wouldn't be too bothered personally. Watching the people who recently spent a fortune on the iPhone 5 being unable to use it and having breakdowns would be great craic though.

People would probably still queue for them iphones if mobiles were shut down for good.

MadsL

I could see the band at a gig instead of watching it through 30 shitty phone screens in front of me.

I saw the most amazing gig with DJ Amon Tobin projecting 3D images onto a mass of cubes, incredible lightshow. Clueless bint in front of me pulls out her phone and watches the screen instead. I told her violence would be done to that phone if she persisted.

shopaholic01

Teenagers would finally learn how to have a face to face conversation, and as they couldn't text, spelling and grammar would probably improve dramatically.

Wee Willy Harris

What I'm seeing with some lads is they can't even spell the first 2-3 letters, due to some infantile Bebo style speil they picked up from thier hiphop culture so the fcuking spell check can't even make out what they're trying to say

GastroBoy

Godsentme wrote: »

All Mobile phones in Ireland were completely shut down for a month, no exceptions??

most likely people wouldent be able use them I'd say.

Where To

I'd be in the poorhouse.:mad:

Hope you are happy OP. Your completely unworkable hypothetical scenario made me cry.

The King of Moo

We'd be free of painfully unfunny Meteor ads, and those godsawful "Head of..." Three Mobile ads.

Bring it on.

girl in the striped socks

Do you remember call cards?
People would start collecting them again & swapping cards around.
Good clean fun, none of your offensive rap ringtones or porno to see here.

eth0

What about satellite phones, do they count as mobiles? There is always 2 way radio but the bands would get clogged fairly fast.

fasttalkerchat

Oranage2 wrote: »

Ha, whatever happened to the lad?

He got a job in HR.



just kidding, he's in prison.

iDave

Ppl wud stp wrtng lyk dis

Apple would release a statement "We have sold so many iPhones, it broke the system......this is AMAZING"

charlietheminxx

Everyone would buy a cheap tablet and use that to message people/skype?

We could all use MSN Messenger again?

I still use msn messenger.

kfallon

It'd be like the good old days when at the end of a Saturday night you'd say to your mates, "See you next Saturday in <insert pub name> at around 8ish if I don't talk to you during the week" and you can be sure they'd be there.

If you needed to speak to them during the week you'd ring their house phone and hope their mother and father wouldn't answer it so you wouldn't have to make awkward small talk

Godsentme

1210m5g wrote: »

There would me massive queue's at the phone boxes.

No use, because the 1st person on the payphone would be getting nothing but an engaged tone as there would be gangs around every phone. You'd never get a chance to use a payphone.

More serious now?:(

DEFTLEFTHAND

The plebeian race would die out.

zenno

Godsentme wrote: »

All Mobile phones in Ireland were completely shut down for a month, no exceptions??

There's always a way for clean communication rubber-ducky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56PvtAqacz8

Thick As A Brick

I'm trying to imagine using that if I was really drunk. This is what springs to mind.

Irish Guitarist

People would actually pay attention to where they're walking rather than staring at their mobile oblivious to the fact that there are other people around. People would have to use their home phone rather than shouting their personal conversations in public. Drivers might pay attention to the road rather than yapping on their phone. It would be great.

CruelCoin

Don't speak of such things!


:eek:

petersburg2002

Godsentme wrote: »

All Mobile phones in Ireland were completely shut down for a month, no exceptions??

My sister would probably suffer whiplash having to lift her head which is usually glued to her phone for most of the day. Never ceases to amaze me the number of people going around town with heads staring into phones. It's like a muggers paradise.

flyswatter

The hasty training of flying delivery monkeys.

ejmaztec

Lots of people would be prosecuted for illegal burning, and would probably be cut off mid smoke-signal by the local environmental jobsworth.:(

kowloon

Everyone would start meeting up under a clock of some sort on a major street?

heisenburger

Pubs would become fun once more. The pub quiz could return, without cheating f**** ruining them! Conversation would be restored. Has anyone else noticed that you can't have a good debate/argument anymore as someone immediately just whips out their phone, googles it, and smugly informs the crowd of the facts. Awkward silence ensues as everyone thinks of something new to talk about.