Have The Last Word,
Say Goodbye

receiver in my hand?
arcing is such sweet sorrow..."
• Who is deep breathing on the
or so Shakespeare would have
other end and should I call 911?
us believe.
People have completely forgotten
It's not the parting that I
that all they have to do is
mind so much as the fact that
say "Goodbye" to signify
so many people today have no
that the call is at an end
idea how to go about it when
and that each party may
they are on the phone.
safely hang up without
Let's face it. When you
seeming to have cut some-
meet someone, you chat
one off.
and then are able to tear
No! Instead, I get those
yourself away with, "See
who say, "Well, okay" or "I
ya," or "So long." Would
see" or they do not respond
you even consider just turn-
at all as if waiting for me to
ing on your heel and disap-
SY MANELLO
do something. The rule of
pearing into the distance? I
Editorial Assistant ear (as opposed to the rule
don't think so.
of thumb, which is oppos-
When you write to
able, but that is a different
someone ... uh ... rather
evolutionary tack) is that the
when you e-mail someone
person initiating the call should bring
rJ (yes, I do keep forgetting about the
a halt to the proceedings by saying,
21st century gadget called a comput-
"Goodbye."
er), would you think of just stop-
"Th..th..th..that's all, folks!" I I
ping your message without some
indication that you were done? Even
a noting of just your name would
put an end to it, though I am sure
that there are still enough die-hards
like me who still treat the electronic
mail like regular mail and say
"Sincerely" or "Love."
by Martha Jo Flesichmann
Why then do I keep encountering
Impatient, a turtle named
people who have no idea at all of how
Johnson
to end a phone call that they have ini-
Complained that his girlfriend,
tiated? I find no fault with their ability
Miss Swanson,
ro request; there are still polite
Routinely was late.
responses such as "please" and "thank
"Zee kumpt vee zee gate,*
you that are signs of encouragement
Und macht mere meshuggeh
to an aging, manner-minded curmud-
gorengahnsenr**
geon like me. But then there comes
that pause after all the information has
* She comes as she goes (literal)
been conveyed, that deadly silence
She takes her sweet time
that suggests:
(idiomatic)
• I have been cut off.
**And makes me crazy
• I have had a lapse of memory and
altogether
do not even remember being on the
phone.
• What am I doing with this

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1. When the hair in his ears is
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2. When his hairline and waist-
line start moving in opposite
directions.
3. When a night out with the
boys ends at 9 p.m.
4. When his all-time favorite
musician is installed in the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame.
5. When he still remembers all
the words to theme songs of sit-
corns his kids never heard of.
6. When his favorite foods
begin to bite back.
7. When his diastolic blood
pressure is higher than his golf
score.
8. When the candles on his
birthday cake start to present a
fire hazard.
9. When his favorite books start
moving from the library to the
bathroom.
10. When tying his shoes
becomes an aerobic exercise.

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