Culture: Language: Gesture
Paper-rattling app   (+8)  [vote for, against]
Curmudgeonly expression delivery system

I am growing more curmudgeonly as I age and remember hearing old folks express this feeling, when I was young, by rattling the news paper, to much effect. I read everything now in the iPhone and find myself grumbling and cursing at almost every new piece if news I come across, but have no way to express my rage non-linguistically from inside of the medium, the way paper-rattling so effectively does. Solution? An iPhone app that uses the gyroscope to deliver a dynamic and expressive paper-rattling sound. Ah, bitterness!
-- JesusHChrist, Oct 13 2014

Careful! Don't damage the bricks!
-- pocmloc, Oct 13 2014


If you're going to be a proper curmudgeon, you need to learn how to say "Harrumph!" without it appearing contrived. A good "Harrumph!" can be used in many situations, even when reading on an electronic device.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Oct 13 2014


+ Still a good one here!
-- xandram, Oct 15 2014


Carry a magnifying glass too, so you can read the fine print on the Classifieds.
-- bungston, Oct 15 2014


You mean the obituaries, that's all that old people read. (bigsleep's comment made me laugh loudly, out).
-- blissmiss, Oct 15 2014


I'm heading towards old, and I never read the obituaries. I figure if I die someone will tell me in person.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Oct 16 2014



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