We had a theatre open day recently, and due to the very real dangers of the place backstage, we made sure everyone knew Children Must Be Accompanied. Some kids were running round on their own; I challenged them, and they said, "oh it's okay, our parents are waiting outside, and we've got our mobiles".

Great - the mobile can stop them falling down a ladder then. In a building that has no network signal.

Why does it take a scientific study to figure out what every self-respecting todger dragger already knows? My wife occupies 90% of the talking time in our house, and she's not even American. The article's title might as well be "Girls love to talk: Bloody Obvious".

Paris, 'cause she wouldn't carry a (very hackable) mobe if she can't talk on it.

That's really freaky, let me tell you... I guess I'm just getting old. When I was a lad...

This is at least the second story in the past week to use "mobe," a word that was banned from the Register years ago. I know you have an influx of new hacks but a little edumacation seems to be in order.

In before Ms Bee, since I seem to recall she has a bee in her bonnet about this:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/26/mobe_mobe_mobe/

nice try, but the moderatrix doesn't fall for easy tricks like that :-P