Now that you are using the world’s most professional answering service, what do you do with your old phones? Here are 25 uses.
1. Use the cord as a picture hanger.
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2. Uncap the ends from the receiver, fill with marbles, put the ends back on, and use as a dumbbell.
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3. Take the ends off the receiver and make it into a planter.
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4. Use it to hold your pencils and pens.
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5. Pretend the receiver is a laser gun and shoot down imaginary aliens!
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6. Use the base as a support for a table with a busted leg.
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7. See how far you can throw it in a shot put contest.
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8. Use the cord to booby trap your office door. No one will bother you again!
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9. In case of fire, tie some cords together and use them as an emergency exit rope.
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10. Stretch out the cord and use it as a clothesline.
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11. Hurl the receiver and see if it will come back to you like a boomerang. If it does, duck!
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12. Use two phones as bookends.
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13. Dress up like Batman, paint the phone red, and pretend it’s the Batphone.
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14. Put it in a time capsule.
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15. Give it to E.T. Maybe he can use it to phone home.
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16. Lean a recipe book in front of it while you’re cooking.
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17. Give it to a local theater company for their prop collection.
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18. String a few cords together and use them as a jump rope.
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19. Use two receivers as supports for doing push-ups.
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20. Uncap the ends from the receiver, fill with rice, put the ends back on, and use as a maraca. Ole!
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21. Use the receiver and cord as a pretend microphone.
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22. Mail it to your mother-in-law with a note that says, “Don’t Call Us. We’ll Call You.”
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23. Remove the keypad and adhere it to your office’s exterior. People will think you have an alarm system.
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24. Keep it on your desk. Then, pick up the receiver when your boss walks by and pretend you’re working.
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25. Whip up some pasta dough and use the receiver as a spaghetti extruder.
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