Text message conversation of the day

[Ruprect]

[mudskipper]

So the friend and the phone loser are both called Adam?

Edit: Oh, I think I get it now. Never mind...

No, I still don't.

But I don't have an iPhone.

[moggy]

very good - text messages from last night is good for a laugh too.

[d000hg]

So the friend and the phone loser are both called Adam?

Edit: Oh, I think I get it now. Never mind...

No, I still don't.

But I don't have an iPhone.

I'd skipped over that but I think you're right. A fake methinks, but I don't have an iPhone to check either.

[Gentile]

So the friend and the phone loser are both called Adam?

Edit: Oh, I think I get it now. Never mind...

No, I still don't.

But I don't have an iPhone.

The joke only works if the screen dump is by 'the friend' making the stupid mistake. 'Adam' is the phone loser, and the 'helpful stranger' is sending the friend a message from Adam's phone, hence Adam's name appearing at the top of the screen on his friend's phone.

The joke being, of course, that the friend's idea of informing Adam that his phone has been found is to text that information to Adam's phone (which isn't in Adam's possession). Whew! I'm sure there's plot for an episode of Lewis in amongst that somewhere. But not one I'd watch.

[mudskipper]

The joke only works if the screen dump is by 'the friend' making the stupid mistake. 'Adam' is the phone loser, and the 'helpful stranger' is sending the friend a message from Adam's phone, hence Adam's name appearing at the top of the screen on his friend's phone.

The joke being, of course, that the friend's idea of informing Adam that his phone has been found is to text that information to Adam's phone (which isn't in Adam's possession). Whew! I'm sure there's plot for an episode of Lewis in amongst that somewhere. But not one I'd watch.

Yeah, I got that far.

Assumptions:

1) Name at the top of the screen is the person the phone owner is communicating with.
2) Messages on the left are what you type
3) Messages on the right are what your friend types.

We know the person on the left is Adam because he says 'Hi - it's Adam'.
if 2) is correct, then he owns the phone from which the screenshot is taken
if 1) is correct, then he's communicating with someone who's phone is identified as Adam.

But I don't have an iPhone, so all my assumptions may be incorrect.

[mudskipper]

iphone - Why do my / sent text messages appear on the right of the dialogue? - User Experience

Assumptions 2 and 3 are wrong.

Therefore the joke makes sense, but the iPhone UI doesn't!

[vetran]

Whew! I'm sure there's plot for an episode of Trashy American series in amongst that somewhere. But not one I'd watch.

FTFY

Leave Kevin Whately alone