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Playing with payphones: how the ubiquitous orange booths have been gamified by fans
Quaint and often overlooked, payphones continue to provide an essential public service, with millions of free calls being placed each year Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A man I’ve never met stands at a payphone in Sydney’s central business district. “A serene small park directly to the right of the payphone,” he says poetically into the receiver. “There’s a man with an interesting cap sitting down there, and an ibis. I guess they’ll be immortalised in this phone voicemail forever.” Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Playing with payphones: how the ubiquitous orange booths have been gamified by fans, Quaint and often overlooked, payphones continue to provide an essential public service, with millions of free calls being placed each year Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A man I’ve never met stands at a payphone in Sydney’s central business district. “A serene small park directly to the right of the payphone,” he says poetically into the receiver. “There’s a man with an interesting cap sitting down there, and an ibis. I guess they’ll be immortalised in this phone voicemail forever.” Continue reading…
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- Playing with payphones: how the ubiquitous orange booths have been gamified by fansThe Guardian - 2026-06-11T15:00:20+00:00
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