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Mr. Burns Always Answers The Phone By Saying, "Hoy Hoy!
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Mr. Burns always answers the phone by saying, "Hoy Hoy!"
This is the word that Alexander Graham Bell suggested that we all say when we answer the phone. Bell resented Thomas Edison, who popularized the use of "Hello."
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