D. Peschel wrote:
>
> > The point wasn't that you shouldn't answer the phone if it's a bomb threat.
> >
> > The point was that you're unfortunate if you happen to be the poor slob that
> > *does* answer the phone when it happens to be a bomb threat, because you
> > can expect quite a grilling by the police/military/whoever.
>
> Oh. That makes a lot more sense.
>
> I don't know if "made the mistake of answering the phone" (which is what Zane
> said) is really the right phrase, though.
Having spent much of my career in technical support and system
administration, "made the mistake of answering the phone" is usually
the right phrase.
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Received on Thu Oct 22 1998 - 11:10:19 BST