Ponder this

[gateruner]

We have a teleconference that I attend every week.

When we dial in and the person running the call hasn't come online we get put on hold. The operater voice tells us that the organizer hasn't arrived and to please stay on the line...

"You may hear some silence while you wait."

Really.

How does one "hear" silence?

Comments

[qfemale]

Is this like black is not a color? You instead 'see nothing'?

*scratches head*

[gateruner]

Quite possibly.

I'm still trying to figure it out myself.

[qfemale]

Oh hey... we have 'see nothing' and 'hear nothing' now all we need is a 'speak nothing' !

[gateruner]

Hmmm... need to figure that one out.

If my lips move and no sound comes out, did I really speak?

[huntersglenn]

Almost as bad as "woke up dead"

[gateruner]

LOL! Yes it is. :)

[tularia]

The absence of noise? LOL

[gateruner]

It ranks right up there with the philosophical debate:

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?