This is just f#@!in crazy!!!

[Darksaviour69]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/5382324.stm

A high-pitched alarm designed to repel youngsters from shops is being used for the melody of a dance track after the success of a mobile phone ringtone.

Merthyr Tydfil-based Compound Security released the "Mosquito" ringtone as a way of letting teenagers hear their phones ringing without adults knowing.

It was developed because adults lose the ability to hear high-pitched sound.

But now the sound is being used in a dance track, Buzzin', with secret melodies only young ears can hear.

The tune was developed after the success of the company's ringtone which was released in June.

[razorak]

it's true...it's being used as a ringtone in schools that ban handphones within compounds here since the teacher's can't hear it.

[bullhead]

Where can I try to hear it?

[Darksaviour69]

Where can I try to hear it?

i was thinking the same thing.... is 23 too old?

[bullhead]

Dunno, i doubt 18 could be too old... But when people say things, I tend to say "what?" quite often...

[razorak]

i'm 16 and i can hear it btw...18 may have a chance....

[bullhead]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/audio/mosquito_sound.mp3

Turn the volume up, you can hear it. It feels like someone is pulling a very fine hair out of the centre of your brain out through your ear...

[razorak]

lol...wad a description...true though. One of them is awfully high pitched, and covering your ears didn't help very much sometimes

[bullhead]

One of them? Can you link me to the place you listened to them?

[Darksaviour69]

yeah i can hear it if i plug in my head phone and turn it to full blast, the other guy in the office ( hes in his late 30s) can't hear it at all. Thats nuts!

edit: yeah i'm still young! i bet old man wraggs can't hear it!