Boston Red Sox Phone Home (with Tin Cans and String)

Recently, Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was ejected from a game and demonstrated his displeasure by battering (pun intended) the clubhouse phone that connects to the bullpen. Bad David, bad!

The next day he and others returned to the park to discover that instead of the destroyed telephone there were 2 tin cans with strings in the dugout and 2 more in the bullpen. Sweet.

For me this was immediate nostalgia because as a child that was how we imagined making telephone calls, i.e., via tin can and long string.

And to this day my dad explains that he doesn't use a cell phone because he prefers tin can and string.

So this whole incident might not be funny and warm to anyone but me, but I loved it and it is such a cool way of defusing a tough situation through a little fun in the workplace!