1. The sound of the ringtone is too enjoyable to answer the call.
2. The song selected for the ringtone is so mesmerizing, the call recepient chooses to listen to the song over the voice of the caller.
3. When a phone rings, and the recipient becomes so engaged in the song, he forgets to answer the call.
4. The recipient of a call cannot answer the phone because his urges require him to complete the song.
5. The act of choosing to listen to the ringtone over engaging in a conversation with the caller revealed on Caller ID.
1. "Please leave a message: 'Greg! I know you're listening to that stupid song you like so much!! Please change my ringtone to something annoying and end the ringtone hypnosis!'
2. "You haven't spoken to your mother in months, man!"..."I know. It's ringtone hypnosis. I WANT to talk to her, but I just have to let the song play out."
3. "I'm sorry I missed your call. I caught a touch of ringtone hypnosis. It won't happen again. I'm changing the ringtone."
4. "That's your boss! Answer it!" ... "I want to, but you know...ringtone hypnosis"
5. "Dude! Ain't that your girl?"..."Yeah, but I like this song. I can talk to her later."..."They have a word for that, now, you know! It's called 'ringtone hypnosis', dude!"
by Cravicky July 23, 2020
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