A long time ago there was a thing called a telephone. The device had a handset (a handle shaped object that was held up against the head with a speaker going to an ear and a microphone that went to the mouth), and a receiver (a boxy shaped device with a rotary dial at first, but was latter replaced with buttons). The handset would sit on the receiver when the phone was not in use. It would be picked up to place a call or receive one. It would then be set back into the cradle to end the call. Simon remembered old videos where people would get upset with the person they were talking to and slam the handset down on the receiver.