[Braindrop] Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You

[Braindrop]

This is Hobbsicle from the previous forum. Good to be back.

Ethan is at a social gathering when someone walks up to him and hands him a phone that doesn’t belong to him. Thirty seconds later, the phone starts ringing. He neither answers it nor looks to see who it is, but his face suddenly flushes. Why?

[Traveller]

Relevant who does own the phone?
Does he know who is calling?
Is the ringtone relevant?
Is the ringtone in the form of a full or partial spoken sentence?
Is it relevant who hands him the phone?

[Sundowner64]

Does Ethan know who is the owner of the phone? is it a relative? spouse? friend? co-worker? a person who is taking part in the social gathering?
Does Ethan know the person who hands him the phone? Is this person the owner of the phone?
Does the phone ring because someone is calling it? (so, not a pre-set alarm or something the like?)
Is Ethan calling the phone? Someone in Ethan's vicinity? Does Ethan see the one who is calling the phone?
Is Ethan flushing because the ringing phone gives him away of something? Did he tell a lie before?
Is the nature of the gathering relevant? Is it a wedding party? birthday party? Christmas party?
Is Ethan the host of the gathering?

[GalFisk]

Does his face flush with: anger? Embarrassment? Excitement? A non-emotional reaction? Relevant what type of phone it is? How loud it rings? Does it also vibrate? Relevant? Is a prank being played on him?

[Braindrop]

Traveller

Relevant who does own the phone? Yes, or generally so
Does he know who is calling? Yes
Is the ringtone relevant? No
Is the ringtone in the form of a full or partial spoken sentence? No or irrelevant
Is it relevant who hands him the phone? Not really

Sundowner64

Does Ethan know who is the owner of the phone? Yes is it a relative? spouse? This friend? co-worker? a person who is taking part in the social gathering?
Does Ethan know the person who hands him the phone? Assume so Is this person the owner of the phone? No
Does the phone ring because someone is calling it? (so, not a pre-set alarm or something the like?) Yes
Is Ethan calling the phone? Yes! Someone in Ethan's vicinity? Does Ethan see the one who is calling the phone?
Is Ethan flushing because the ringing phone gives him away of something? Sort of Did he tell a lie before?
Is the nature of the gathering relevant? No Is it a wedding party? birthday party? Christmas party?
Is Ethan the host of the gathering? irrelevant

GalFisk

Does his face flush with: anger? Embarrassment? This Excitement? A non-emotional reaction?
Relevant what type of phone it is? How loud it rings? Does it also vibrate? Relevant? These aren't relevant
Is a prank being played on him? No

[Traveller]

Does Ethan call from his own phone?
Is his spouse present at the gathering?
Is it relevant where the phone was the moment it began ringing?
Does Ethan expect to have a explanation problem toward his spouse? Toward someone else?
Relevant how many people are at the gathering?
What kind of people are at the gathering?
Where the gathering takes place?
Who hosts the gathering?

[GalFisk]

Oh! Did someone find his spouse's phone, hand it to him, and he tried to call her in order to tell her that he had her phone?

[Braindrop]

Traveller

Does Ethan call from his own phone? Yes
Is his spouse present at the gathering? No
Is it relevant where the phone was the moment it began ringing? He had it with him, but otherwise no
Does Ethan expect to have a explanation problem toward his spouse? Toward someone else? This-ish
Relevant how many people are at the gathering?
What kind of people are at the gathering?
Where the gathering takes place?
Who hosts the gathering? Irrelevant to rest

GalFisk

Oh! Did someone find his spouse's phone, hand it to him, and he tried to call her in order to tell her that he had her phone? You got it!

***************SPOILER****************

Ethan’s wife, who had to leave the gathering early, had accidentally left her phone. Someone brings it to Ethan, and so he gives her a call to let her know…

This is something I did the other day. I wasn’t at a social gathering, but one of my kids brings me my wife’s phone when she was out running errands, and so I immediately gave her a call to let her know she left it. Wouldn’t want her to be uninformed!

[Bardificer]

Good one! Definitely something I would do.