Ding Dong

Our doorbell died today. A moment of silence, please, or else knock because we can't hear you.

Actually, it may have died a while ago and we wouldn't have known. Who rings doorbells anymore? Our nice neighbor always knocks. Any other visitors are expected, so I'm usually listening for the sound of a car door. They never get a chance to ring.

Still, the doorbell is dead. Long live the new doorbell.

No, it wasn't the battery. We replaced the cheap doorbell with ten count'em ten sound options which we stopped using within a month because they were annoying.

Wait.

What?

How did the various seasonal novelty tones become annoying in the first place if no one ever rings the doorbell?

Chalk up another mystery for the ages, or else there were more door to door salespeople a few years ago, whenever that doorbell was new.

The replacement doorbell offers only two options: ding dong, and dong.

I've already forgotten which we chose. Now I have to wait for someone to ring it.