Heavy Speech

In the 1940's it was attempted to make people economize by means of advertisements with the announcement "Be Careful with the Telephone" supposed to teach people that the telephone was not for unnecessary conversations, but for important messages.

This doctrine was obviously taken very seriously by a man who in the 1950's mounted a 2.7 kg heavy block of lead on the receiver in order to shorten his wife's calls. Whether this had the intended effect on the telephone bill or the wife's upper arms is not on record...
 

Decorative Telephone

In the 1960's there were not many telephone models to choose from and if the grey standard dial telephone should match the other furniture in the living room, some creativity might be needed.

The museum's decorative telephone was dressed in brocade and ribbon by a dexterous woman from Vendsyssel in the late 1960's.
 

Bake the Phone at 200^oC

One of a housewife's many virtues has always been the ability to economize on the household accounts But economizing on the telephone got quite a different angle in the 1980's when a housewife put the telephone in the oven before going out. She chose this hiding place to prevent her children from using the phone. Upon her return she had, however, forgotten all about it and switched on the oven. The telephone melted - now that is what we call effective economy consideration.

The exhibition Kitsch & Curiosities can be seen on the balcony on the 1st floor until 30th April 2005.