or; take out the lil' phallus, please.
For the record: you don't look cool with a Bluetooth headset in your ear.
Contrary to popular belief, it just makes you look more obsessed with your constant need to be "connected" all the time. Guess what? You don't have to be connected all the time; it's simply something you like.
Think back, many couples of years . . . long long ago, in the before times, you didn't have that leash attaching you to everyone. It was a simpler time, when men were allowed to do as they wished and not be trapped by the viperous cell phone.
Then, along came the new 21st-century ball and chain . . . the cellular telephone! And we worshiped at the thought of constant communication, to not have to find a payphone to make our necessary calls.
Now, that's all fine and dandy; it's an annoyance, and I've spoken before of the need to TURN THE DAMN THINGS OFF OR AT LEAST NOT ANSWER while driving, but with the advent of the Bluetooth handset, now you can talk hands-free!
Does that mean that you'll pay more attention to the road? No, you'll be just as horribly inattentive as before. But at least you can say, "My phone was in my pocket the whole time."
But, I must admit, they are not cool. No matter how neat you think it is to have the little plastic penis sticking out of your ear, it's not.
And I say this as a user of one for a time. When I got my sexy new phone, which of course is Bluetooth enabled, I tried using one for a week or two that my buddy had laying around his house.
And I hated it! and I felt like a total idiot with the plastic thing hanging out of my ear!
I know it's become rather "cool" to have the Bluetooth, and it's become somewhat of a status symbol. The businessman with the unencumbered ear is a loser among his peers. (The people in my father's office have been trying to get him to use one for months; it's most funny, because my dad is especially technologically reticent.)
I think it's time that we make a movement to make people aware of the silliness of the look of having the Bluetooth in the ear. Everyone, sign my petition and we'll get some sort of governmental grant to combat the use of Bluetooth headsets!
And guys, just remember: no-one looks cool with a plastic penis in the ear. 