Y2K Diary [ 18.02.00 ] 49. The Telephone Mary and John, age 5 and 8.  They both live in London. - Graham bell invented the telephone.    [ Mary ] - Rubbish!  Erickson and Orange did.    [ John ] - They weren't even there when he was alive.    [ Mary ] - What that's got to do with it?    [ John ] - Dad's Orange, so Orange invented it and it's a    [ Mary ] phone all right.                JD related links: Erickson, Orange, Graham Bell. [ submit entry ]      [ contents ]      [ previous ]  [ next ]