
“Hello? Oh, good morning, Mother. How are—what? What’s that you say? AT&T to acquire BellSouth?”
“No, Mother, now that you ask, I suppose I don’t particularly miss Ma—”
“Ma Bell, I was going to say. I mean, really. Look, are you done?”
“Right. Good. Well, while I’m of two minds on government regulation of business practices, I have no love in my heart for—”
“For monopolies, Mother!”
“No, of course I didn’t mean you. You’re just being—”
“You know who is monopolizing this phone call, Mother?”
“Hello? Mother? Hello?”



