If you have a television, computer, phone or newspaper you have heard that AT&T bought T-Mobile. The timing makes me believe they wanted to take the steam out of Verizon's iPhone joy. I was excited until my next phone call, as usual it dropped. In fact, I have taken to wearing a specially designed helmet to avoid AT&T injury.

Sometimes being the biggest hasn't always worked out. Think back to last year's Super Bowl. Jerry Jones wanted the biggest Super Bowl audience ever. Unfortunately, the fire department wouldn't sign off on his seat additions causing a PR nightmare.

Quaker Oats bought Snapple and lost $500 million, Time Warner bought AOL… epic bad deal. In 2005, The Sprint / Nextel merger, sounded good on paper. Right after the acquisition all the Nextel talent left siting cultural difficulties.

"The Titanic" actually happened, so did the Spruce Goose. "The Octomom" or "Kate Plus 8" had big plans but must be questioning their acquisition strategies after the fact. Tom Hanks wanted to be "Big", look at all the trouble it caused him. You have to be careful what you wish for.

Let's switch to sports, Barry Bonds wanted to be the biggest and baddest home run hitter in baseball. When he first started playing he weighed about 175 pounds and stole bases. By the end of his career his head grew to the size of a trash can both physically and figuratively. He now has to sit in court and listen to his mistress discuss the size of his jock marbles and accounts of steroid rage. Getting big can hurt.

The AT&T / T-Mobile merger may or may not be a good thing, from a consumer point of view I just want my calls to last longer than two minutes without dropping into oblivion. If these two companies get together and it fixes my calls I give the merger the thumbs up and an Okie Dokie. If the rates go up and I am left talking to myself, my conclusion is the merger was just another marriage disaster.

A wise man once said, "pick your partners wisely and always wear a helmet."