I wish I knew the actual reason for having a cellphone...

I somehow owe Cingular $160 this month for a $59.99/mo plan. Hmmm..

I called them and said that I have no idea how my bill could be this high, and they told me that "It was because of 27 downloads to your phone this month." OK, if my phone could actually hold 27 downloads of ringtones & games, I might be OK with that excuse, but my phone has so little memory, I can only store 3 downloads and 2 games. This is according to my owner's manual.

I tried to explain this to them, and they said "We need to see proof that it was not you downloading."

"Proof?"

"Yes, in order for us to credit your account, we need you to show us that it was impossible for you to be downloading these items with your consent."

"Well, couldn't I fax you the pages in my owner's manual to show I can't actually hold that much information? Wouldn't that be proof enough?"

"No, because all that shows is that the phone can hold information. It doesn't show that you did not physically download the items."

Well, I'm sorry, but I don't videotape every second of my life. And unless you are the subject of someone like Truman Burbank in "The Truman Show,"  and you know about it, no one else does, either.

So, to make a long story short, I have to pay it. This is going to drain me out even more than I already am.

Maybe I should just patent the 6/47, 6/49 & 6/54 lotto games and make royalties off of those to pay my bills.