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RE: Escape from the Page (short fiction): 5 Minute Freewrite - Prompt: phone
Love the photo of the vintage rotary phone - perspex? Did that word exist when these phones were the latest, greatest gadget? I missed. And I LOVE the surprise twist at the end. (And the Wheel of Fortune comparison is spot-on. ) You've inspired me to get back to #5minuteFreeWrite!!
That's great Carol, that my post has inspired you. I'll keep my eyes peeled for your freewrite. I haven't done one in ages, this was my first in a while.
Aha - Perspex is a brand name. Might explain why I never heard it back in the day. (I'm so old, I remember when our new rotary phone was mounted on the kitchen wall!)
Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), also known as acrylic or acrylic glass as well as by the trade names Crylux, Plexiglas, Acrylite, Lucite, and Perspex among several others ...is a transparent thermoplastic often used in sheet form as a lightweight or shatter-resistant alternative to glass. The same material can be used as a casting resin, in inks and coatings, and has many other uses. (wikipedia)
Bakelite is the word we grew up with. The Bakelite telephone 1931 - Ericsson
https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/.../the-telephones/the-bakelite-telephone-1931
When Ericsson's Bakelite telephone was first distributed world-wide in the 1930s....