Inktober, Day 2: Relic
By Ali Canary
@AliCanary (4954)
October 9, 2026 6:46pm CST
I'm sure you know a relic is a religious object, but since it's also often used to mean something old, especially in a teasing way, I figured I'd draw this rotary-dial phone based on my memory of the one we had when I was growing up. So is the phone the relic, or me?!?
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@AmbiePam (130827)
• United States
10 Oct
I think it’s a clever play on the term, relic.
It reminds me of the videos of parents putting the rotary phone in front of their current teenagers, and telling them they have five minutes to figure out how to dial a phone number. And then the kids can’t figure it out. Hilarious. So I love your choice!
Is your job still going well?
It reminds me of the videos of parents putting the rotary phone in front of their current teenagers, and telling them they have five minutes to figure out how to dial a phone number. And then the kids can’t figure it out. Hilarious. So I love your choice!
Is your job still going well?2 people like this
@AliCanary (4954)
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11 Oct
Yes, and last week was SO busy. We were trying to get our gulf coast stores prepared for the hurricane. I know I'm going to be very busy with repair requests on Monday.
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@AliCanary (4954)
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11 Oct
@JudyEv they don't even really have to remember numbers any more. They just tap on someone's name!
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@kaylachan (86744)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Oct
It might as well be, because you almost never see them anymore.
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@AliCanary (4954)
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11 Oct
I'm not sure they still work - the phone company might require tones. I'm old enough to remember when touchtones came into existence!
@FourWalls (88740)
• United States
10 Oct
Cool!!! All of us who remember them are relics. 
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@AliCanary (4954)
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11 Oct
Lol, true! All the things I said on that phone as a teenager -- I hope it DOESN'T tell!
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