The lack of celliquette (etiquette, netiquette, blogiquette, celliquette!) is creating a noticeable backlash against mobile phone over-use, even among mobile phone users. (The picture is from Phoneybusiness, a fine site that concentrates on this very issue.)

How else do you explain the flame war that erupted with word last week the FCC may drop its ban on mobile use in airplanes, because (it turns out) they don't really interfere with navigation.

If you ever ride with me in a car you're bound to hear me shout (unheard by fellow drivers) "Get Off The Phone!" at least a half-dozen times during any 30 minute drive. Whether or not they have the handset stuck to their ears, drivers on a mobile call just aren't paying attention -- they speed, slow, and cut others off with complete unconsciousness.

I can't tell you how silly you look, standing their in the market, gabbering to someone unknown on your phone. I want to put a net over you and deliver you to the local happy house. Or go by Costco some day and watch couples shopping together -- with one half of the pair somewhere else.

So what would you put into a celliquette guide? Some starters follow:

• Turn down your voice in public.
• If you're going to cut me off in traffic, I want a gun that fires radio waves at you and cuts off your signal.
• They have this new invention called voice mail. Use it.

Your good ideas will be added to an update on this entry, or (if we get enough) we can do an entirely new entry. (I suspect we'll have enough.)