May 4, 2004

Scary ringtones for nasty callers

This is London reports that mobile phone owners are using unflattering ringtones to help dodge "nuisance" calls from ex-lovers.

"Theme tunes to scary films such as The Exorcist are among the signals used as a warning that the call might not be welcome, a survey reveals today."

The most popular tone assigned by women for their former boyfriends was Independent Women by Destiny's Child.

Men used Britney Spears's Toxic and the M*A*S*H theme Suicide Is Painless, or in extreme cases, the theme from Jaws.

The study, for Tesco Telecom, found one in 10 phone users have a system warning the call is from work".

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