Instead of listening to the cry of agony, they listen to the ring of dollars, stoop down and pick up the coins.

That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).

"I said, 'If he calls that number, I'll be sure to pick up after the fifth ring, '" Bryant quipped back -- referring, naturally, to the five championship rings he has.