Viral Video: Two 17-Year-Olds Attempt To Dial A Rotary Phone

A little viral video action here as these two 17-year-olds try to figure out how to dial a rotary phone.

Kevin Bumstead shared this clip on his Facebook which shows his son Jake and nephew Kyle accepting a challenge to successfully dial a number on the phone within four minutes.

Bumstead brought the vintage phone out during the family's holiday gathering and asked several teams to figure out the antique.

From The Chicago Tribune:

Three relatives in their early 20s quickly figured it out, as did a team of a 14- and 12-year-old girls because they had rotary phone toys when they were younger, Fox reported.

Hilarity ensued when Bumstead’s son, Jake, and nephew, Kyle, attempted the challenge.

They struggled to understand that in order to make a call on a rotary phone, one must first lift the receiver and get a dial tone.

“Wait a minute, are we supposed to pick up the phone and then do it?” one of the boys asked about two and a half minutes into the video.

It's hilarious that the boys don't even understand the idea of a dial tone.

"What does a zero sound like?"

Watch them figure it out below.

(h/t Towleroad)