what ringtone are you using right now? & is it embarrasing?

[Donkey Hoatie]

I'm rockin' Men at Work's "Who Can it Be Now?" as my cell phone ringtone. I didn't want to pay to download it, so I just created it myself using Garage Band on my Mac.

I'm really digging Palitoy's use of the Bionic Man as a text message alert. I may have to do the same. I think I'd just start sending out random texts just to get some good laughs later on when people respond.

[Shanester]

My ringtone is Darth Vader breathing and my IM notification is R2D2 making a fuss. I often get strange looks in elevators...

[megoapesnut]

For the wife's texts (which is basically how I communicate with her, even at home)

That's how my wife communicates with our son, as his bedroom is in the basement. I just open the door and yell down the steps to him

[English Paul]

The opening bars to 'She Sells Sanctuary' by The Cult. It's not embarassing as far as i'm concerned.

And my text alert is the drums that open 'Kings Of The Wild Frontier' by Adam and the Ants.

[palitoy]

That's how my wife communicates with our son, as his bedroom is in the basement. I just open the door and yell down the steps to him

I get "Chexted" (chore texted) constantly as my office is in the basement.

My favourite is "Come up here please".

[toys2cool]

I have a great ring tone story. I am doing a photo shoot in Jersey at a flooring store's grand opening. Armstrong Flooring is one of our clients. I am standing at the front of the crowd with my camera and the president of the new store, a big-wig from Armstrong and the mayor of the city are standing in front of me to cut the ribbon. The mayor has the huge scissors at the ribbon and is just about to cut it when one of my coworkers calls me for something stupid and my phone goes off. It's pretty quiet and all of the sudden the Halloween theme goes off! Everyone is looking around trying to determine where it's coming from (including me, playing dumb) and somebody comments that they hope this isn't an omen. I could have strangled my coworker and thankfully I didn't see him till the next day or I might have.

[MegoMark71]

I have a bunch of different ones.
Home sweet home from Motley crue is my ringback tone for most
Sugar Magnolia is my wife's ringtone
The imperial march is my best friends ringtone
Grateful Dead Ripple is for everyone else.

[Hector]

that was the first ring tone I ever paid for

I have tried others briefly in the past, Queen's Will We Rock You, Superman's theme, etc...but I always go back to the Imperial's March...that just fits my black iPhone and personality fine...

[Hector]

That's the ringtone I have when my Mother-in-Law calls

[Hector]

The imperial march is my best friends ringtone

He's my best friend too...

[Megospidey]

What else but the 67 Spiderman theme?

I also have as my background the cover of the Amazing Spiderman #1 from 1963.

[palitoy]

Mark Huckabone once told me a friend of his changed his ring to be "Duuuuuh Huckabone is a loser (fart noise)" without him noticing.

He noticed when someone called him during a meeting with DC comics.

He was thrilled.

[Adam West]

I was just talking to someone about this the other day. I never really got the idea of ring-tones. I found that when I use to have one, it was awkward to have a random snippet of a song go off out in public. I've kept my phone on vibrate for a long while now and hear it just fine. I'm kind of an odd duck when it comes to these things though. I just got a cel phone about 3 years ago and I have no interest in a smart phone or a touch screen. I also rarely answer my phone when I'm out in public unless my son is not with me and who ever is watching him calls me. I know a lot of people that have to have the latest and greatest but I kind of only have it as a necessity. I actually still have a rotary phone hooked at home!

I also keep my phone in vibrate mode. I spend a large chunk of my workday in meetings and do not want to cause a disruption if someone is trying to contact me. Ironically, I also don't have a smart phone either. I really don't have a great desire for it and paying the extra money isn't worth it to me. I kind of get annoyed sitting in meetings watching everyone staring at their phone, sending text messages, etc. rather than paying attention to what is going on in the meeting.

[YANOULI]

My ringtone is Princes of the universe by Queen ( Highlander theme ) and my text tone is a Dalek gun firing.

[Bizarro Amy]

Mark Huckabone once told me a friend of his changed his ring to be "Duuuuuh Huckabone is a loser (fart noise)" without him noticing.

He noticed when someone called him during a meeting with DC comics.

He was thrilled.

That happened to an old supervisor of mine, years ago. He stopped by the school where I was working with our client, and apologized for being difficult to reach by phone. He had to keep it turned off while in meetings and classrooms, because he couldn't figure out how to put it on silent OR change the ringtone. He let another client play games on it once and the kid downloaded a song and set it as the ring. Apparently the words to the song were "I hate my baby's mama, I hate my baby's mama..."
I deleted the song for him, showed him how to change his settings, and reminded him to NEVER let a kid play with his phone again.