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I had to send a fax to New Zealand and the busy tone as the fax machine dialed sounded exactly like the end of the song "Young Lust" on Pink Floyd's The Wall.

It's a good thing at least one person in the office got the reference when I started saying, "Hello, Charlie?" in a British accent.

ETA: OK, in order to be completely accurate, the sound of the dial tone is at the end of the song "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" and "Young Lust," where it is accompanied by an operator saying "This is the United States calling." "Is that Charlie? Hello, Charlie," is at the end of the song "High Hopes" on The Division Bell. You know you've listened to too much Pink Floyd when you can remember what all the background sounds are. Maybe I should do a quiz. But I doubt anyone but me would be able to answer it.

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i can't believe you voluntarily watched cats. :-P also, on john doe, completely correct. i believe the main actor was featured right at the beginning of "equilibrium." he only has one facial expression. when i first saw the movie, i thought he was going to be the main character, and was all set for a disappointing ride. thankfully, he was killed off rather quickly and christian bale played the main character. :-P isn't he (john doe man) also in that new series "prison break?" is it still on? i wouldn't know - british tv hasn't yet been polluted with that. :-P (another horrible show to have to sit through the last five minutes is 7 days - avoid it if you want to prevent brain disintegration...)

-mithras