Four missed calls

By Firecat1996

The following dialogue is based on a true story.


Tails: Hey Sonic! Look at this!
Sonic: What is it, Tails?
Tails: I invented a new voice-changing machine; here, try it out!
Sonic: Okay. (Presses a button, voice becomes very deep) Testing, testing, this is Sonic the Hedgehog.
Tails:  It worked!
Cream: You sound like the operator.
Sonic: I do, don’t I? Hmm….


(Phone rings at Knuckles house)
Knuckles: Hello?
Sonic: Hello, this is M.S. Hedge- I mean Martinson, from the Telephone Repair Company. I am calling on the account of four complaints that there was trouble getting to your number.
Knuckles: Weird; I didn’t get any calls this morning.
Sonic: Precisely. Now, will you please do me a favor?
Knuckles: Sure.
Sonic: Tap your receiver with a pen; it’ll help me pinpoint the problem.
Knuckles: Okay (Starts tapping)
(After 10 minutes)
Knuckles: Can I stop tapping now?
Sonic: Just a minute, sir, I think I’ve found the problem; it must be an electricity leak. The electricity leaks through your legs into the floor. Will you do me another favor? Keep tapping, but this time on one leg.
Knuckles: Fine, if you insist. (Stands on one leg)
(After another 10 minutes)
Knuckles: Are you done yet?
Sonic: Wow, that’s one bad electricity leak you got there. Nevertheless, I can help. It’s very simple, you see. Just put your receiver into a bucket of water. Water conducts electricity, you know.
Knuckles: What? Oh, fine… (Puts the receiver in a bucket of water)
Sonic: (using his normal voice) Hi-ya Knux! How’s it goin’?
Knuckles: What the- Sonic, was that you all along? I’m gonna tear you limb from-
Sonic: Sorry man, I gotta go. Telephone bills, ya know.
Knuckles: I’M NOT DONE WITH-
(Sonic hangs up. Rouge enters)
Rouge: Hi Knux, how ya doin’? Just stopped by to say- O_o Your telephone set is in a bucket of water why?
Knuckles: Well, you see Rouge, there’s a simple explanation, heh he…

The End