Braingle: 'Foney Fun' Brain Teaser

Foney Fun

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Puzzle ID:	#21817
Fun:	(2.3)
Difficulty:	(1.69)
Category:	Trivia
Submitted By:	badbunnee

If you can think back a few years (young'uns ask your parents) or if you happen to own an old one (not a parent, but something else), you can solve the riddle and tell us WHERE The American English alphabet appeared this way.

ABC
DEF
GHI
JKL
MNO
PRS
TUV
WXY

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Comments

moxxieone Mar 28, 2005	i LOVED IT BUNNEE!! iT TOOK ME ALITTLE BIT TO GET IT BUT DIDNT HAVE TO ASK MY DAD. WAHOO TO ME.
katiebeth123 Mar 28, 2005	shutttt UPPPP!!!! BORING
monkeygirl Mar 28, 2005	ok, sorry, kinda boring, don't get it!
Elucidator92 Mar 29, 2005	Sorry, but that was kind of TOO easy... But maybe not for everybody. But it was easy for me.
Elucidator92 Mar 29, 2005	Sorry, but that was kind of TOO easy... But maybe not for everybody. But it was easy for me.
Elucidator92 Mar 29, 2005	Sorry, but that was kind of TOO easy... But maybe not for everybody. But it was easy for me.
froggygg Mar 29, 2005	Another good one. Had me going in several different directions until I looked at hint - then I finally got it. I almost thought I would have to use a lifeline and call a friend!
psychedelictoad Mar 30, 2005	Hard for me. But once I saw the answer it was totally obvious(obviously).
auntpatpat Mar 30, 2005	I think I remeber those type of phones. I guess being older has some kind of advantages!
badbunnee Mar 30, 2005	Thank you all for the visits, comments, and votes. Ya ... this was an easy one. Especially for the 'chronologically challenged' crowd. And ... to AuntPP ... seee !!! growing old DOES have its finer moments !!! Now .... back up to KB123 and the decoding. I think you put ONE too many 'P's in UPPPPPPPPPPPP .... It decrypted as 'Yellow Kangaroo' .. ??????
tarheels_1 Apr 06, 2005	that was good It was kinda easy seeing how I grew up with a telephone like that.
unklemyke Apr 07, 2005	Nice teaser with a good visual element! And what do you mean "If I can remember back?" We've still got a couple of these in use! ( see, you stick a finger in this hole by the "G" and you use it to twirl the dial around 'til it hits the stop,then pull you finger out and let the dial spin back. Next you pit your finger inthe hole by the "R" and ....) On a totally different matter - lighten up, katiebeth - you're staring to sound like you're perpetually pre-menstrual. This is entertainment, not seriosity
badbunnee Apr 07, 2005	Thanks, unkleM, and all the rest of you for your visit, comments, and votes (if you did so). I really appreciate it. And ... check this thread occasionally. As soon as I get kb123's message decoded (now .... WHERE did I put that decoder ring?) I'll post here in a thrice (or maybe just a twicet, depending on the import of her note).
Strange1 Apr 14, 2005	UNfair i didnt like this 1
LittleBrownElf Apr 23, 2005	Yes, Strange One, I could not agree with you more. Unfair definitely it was to any age group not familiar with the device. That's why I put in the body the suggestion that those individuals might want to check with an older person who, perhaps, had familiarity with such. I apologize to you and hope you did not consider the teaser offensive or abusive. My alter-ego predecessor, BadBunnee (author of the teaser) was noted and censured for such behavior and I hope, in my own small way, to correct that and make amends therefore. ylads-LBE (exBadBunnee)
kcelf27 Apr 23, 2005	When I saw that there was no Q or Z I got it right off the bat.
drussel3 May 19, 2005	Easy, got it right away. Thanks for the detailed explaination, that made it more interesting.
tamjp May 21, 2005	I am also "chronologically challenged" and got it
sweetime Jun 15, 2005	i'm not sure what you mean by "if you can remember", i didn't even realise that phones had gotten around to putting the z and q back in... (was going to say that phones still looked like that now, before actually looking at my phone on my desk and realising that it has the z and the q on there...)
needlepoint1324 Jun 16, 2005	I new this one w/o acnowledging the title or using the hint we still have a fone with the letters on there
dolphingurl12 Jun 28, 2005	Well, I may be naive, since I've never used such a phone, but what if Zarazee wanted to call Quezada? (these are real names, i know ppl with them) There's no Q or Z?
okieman51 Jul 04, 2005	that one went over my head higher than last months phone bill. I used one of them phones for years & never rembered it. but good one. I missed it.
seraphim26 Jul 09, 2005	I got it pretty easy, but it's cuz my mom has had a phone like that my whole life,and refuses to get a new one. She thinks technology is evil I liked that one,but next time...give us something harder!
Tiggr Jul 25, 2005	I'm starting to agree with your mom seraphim, sometimes technology wants me to think that its evil . And as for the hint I never put 2 & 2 together until reading all the comments.opsespite all the downplayers of this teaser, I thought it was a good one. But everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
smarty_blondy Sep 29, 2005	Nice piece of trivia, makes me grateful my phone has all letters in. Good job and this one and, keep them coming!