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Susanna Wolff

June 24th

Do your parents not understandtechnology? Do they ask you stupid questions? Do they send you absurdtext messages? Do they even know what a text message is?

If you’ve got an example of your Parents Just Don’t Understanding, send it to parentsjustdontunderstand (at) gmail.com. And, hey, if we publish it, send your parents a link. They probably won’t understand what it is.
Because they’re stupid.

For the past two years, every time I’ve called my mom’s cell phone it has rung all the way to voicemail. The other day I was in the same room as her when her phone rang and started playing some standard tune. I watched as she just looked at the phone and ignored the call. When I asked her if she was going to answer it she replied “Yes, but don’t you have to wait until the song’s over?”
From Matt B.

I went to meet my grandfather for father’s day and when I went to shake
his hand, he closed his fist and tried for a fist bump/pound while saying, “Less germs!”
From Anon.

Sitting beside my parents’ computer is an address book that has ‘email addresses’ written on the cover in my dad’s hand writing.  Inside are the email addresses for my brother, sister, and me, as well as my parents’ own email addresses.
From Lindsay

My dad once asked me if I communicated with friends “on the text.” I don’t know what that means either.
From Matt P.

And this week we have a very special No-One-in-This-Story-Understands:
So me and my two little sisters were doing Bobby Lee impressions from his MadTV character that says, “ding, holla!!!“  And my dad thought we were talking about that Muslim god Alla or something and he kept correcting us and giving us like a history of the muslim religion…
From Troy

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I used to work night shift manufacturing in small town Nebraska. After work, I went home and bummed around a bit, when my roommate and I realized we were hungry for some greasy food. Everything is shut down except a 24 truck stop about 20 minutes away. We head out, and half way there we see lights flashing in the rear. He wasn't speeding so we had no idea why we were... Read More » getting pulled over (turns out it was a burnt out tail light). The cop comes up, sees two mid twenties guys wearing huddies, and when he asked us where we were going answered him that we were going to the truck stop because we had the munchies. 45 minutes go by and we hear a dog sniffing the car, barking at the trunk. I look at my friend and say "Your not sending me to jail man!", "No, I clean, really." Sweet is poring down our face when the officer says, "Both of you step out of the car NOW." We comply, and 5 officers search every inch of the two of us. Then they search his trunk, "SIR, ARE THESE YOUR WEAPONS?", My friend answers, "That's my key chain pocket knife, I forgot it was in there." The offices disregards it than spits back "WHATS THIS?!?" My friend squeaked out "That's a vase sir." Much to their disappointment, we were clean, and they let us go. I still chuckle when I go back to visit and see his vase.