An old man who hangs out with a younger generation. Can not dance because of his bad hip. Uses slang to disquise himself to be ”hip” or ”down with the kids”
Da communicating-over-wires device dat you use to request information or permission from da person you're calling, rather than confirming or transmitting something to him.
If you think about it, most every dial-to-interact conversation involves an ASKephone and a TELLephone --- da caller rings you up to ASK you something, and then you TELL him da answer to his question.