Telephones.

This story about Ryan and his mom start out with a normal discussion. Ryan is talking to his mom about something unimportant and blah blah..whatever. They finish talking and Mrs. K goes out of the room and Ryan goes downstairs into his basement. About a minute later another friend, Tad, calls on the phone and Ryan answers quickly since the phone is right next to him.

Ryan: Hello?
Tad: Hey man, whats up?
Ryan: Nothing much, just hanging out.
Mrs. K (who picked up the other phone in the kitchen): Hello?
Ryan: Mom?
Mrs. K: Aaron? (Ryan's brother).
Ryan: No mom, it's me Ryan, can you come pick me up at Tad's house?
Mrs. K: At Tad's house?
Ryan: Yeah, I need a ride back home.

Anyway, this went on for awhile. Tad, on the other line, just kept quiet and listened to the conversation between Ryan, downstairs in the basement, talking to his mom, upstairs in the kitchen. Remember, it was not just a few minutes before they were talking face to face in the living room. Eventually, before Ryan's mom was actually going to leave to pick him up at Tad's Ryan told her that he was actually just downstairs and Tad joined in the conversation.

On a side note, I find it annoying when you answer a phone and then, seemingly 5 seconds later, someone else answers the phone again. If not already, that topic should be part of some stand up comic's routine. They like that kind of nitpicky stuff.