• cordlesslamp@lemmy.today
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    1 year ago

    So in movies where people flip through giant yellow phone book and try to call everyone with the same name in the area is a LIE?

      • MjolnirThyme@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        They were frequently combined, the white pages were people in the local area and the yellow pages were businesses. I don’t actually remember seeing white pages in any phone booths or by pay phones but that may just be where I lived.