This is the greatest Craigslist add ever!

[Torplexed]

Ma Bell just now shut down the line, although I only used the phone for a little over a day now, so what 's going on with that?

I guess this is what struck me. The term "Ma Bell" (as in "Mother Bell") was used by the general public to refer to the Bell System decades ago when it still held a complete monopoly over all telephone service in most areas of the United States. I haven't heard it much lately. Seems anachronistic to hear in the age of mobile phones, Verizon, Sprint, etc. Makes me wonder if this is an updated version of an old bit.