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Person 1: Nice jacket. Hey -- the Seventies called.
Person 2: Oh? What'd they want?
[[Person 1 looking at phone]]
Person 1: I don't know. They didn't leave a message.
Person 2: Weird.
1974:
[[Person in bell bottoms using a rotary phone to call the present day, with an incredulous look on his face.]]
Voicemail service: If you'd like to leave a message, press "1".
{{Title text: Hey, man, the 1670s called. They were like 'Wherefore this demonic inſtrument? By what ſorcery does it produce ſuch ſounds?"}}
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