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Originally Posted by Jeff Rodriguez

I was thinking the same thing.
Apparently technological advances in Canada only apply to robots and not consumer devices.

That reminds me of one of the greatest all-time quick comebacks from one of our students. During our first visit to Portland we were hanging out in Pioneer Square and a friendly, but slightly inebriated local clued in to the fact that we were Canadian and decided to have some fun with us. After the usual go-round about sled dogs and igloos (the students assured him that we were moving out of igloos and into teepees due to global warming) he asked,

"So, like... do you guys have cell phones in Canada?"

and one of our programmers replied, spinning his finger in a little circle,

"Yeah... but they're rotary dial."

We all laughed and the local fellow happily wandered on to the next pub, or wherever he was heading.

Jason

P.S. Just for the record, however, our cellular air time, particularly data plans, are rather over-priced, and none of the carriers officially supports or sells iPhones at the moment. Pity... one could actually program a rotary dial interface into an iPhone, now that I think of it.