Parents Just Don't Understand: His Name Is Jon Stewart, Not Jon Daily

If you’ve got an example of your Parents Just Don’t Understanding, submit it here!
And thank God we’ll never be as dumb as they are!

The other day my family was listening to my iPod in thee car and my mom heard a song that she liked and said that she wanted it on her iPod. When I told her it was already on it she asked me “how far into it, like one hour?”

Jess S, North Carolina State

My grandparents just bought a brand new, 50” plasma screen TV. They keep their VHS casette tapes in the stand underneath the TV.
Sabrina B

My mom thought that a laptop was called a labtop. She called it a labtop “because scientists invented them.”
Emily L.

Every time I send my parents a link to a Youtube video, they think I filmed it. I’ve stopped explaining it to them.
Jimmy S, MIZZOU

My girlfriend’s dad has a cell phone and he uses all the preset ringers that were programmed when he got the phone. Despite having different ringers for incoming calls, voicemail, text messages etc… every time the phone makes any sound, he puts it to his ear and says hello. If it’s a text or voice mail he receives, he continues to say hello over and over.
Joe P, central michigan

My mom writes her e-mails as a Word document and attaches the document to the e-mail.
Erica W, University of Michigan

My grandma, while pointing to the “next” located on the 0 key of her cell phone: “So, does this enter eleven, twelve, and so on?”
caleb b, Ohio Northern

Back when I was in high school, I told my parents I wanted a GameCube for my birthday. They apparently leaked the request to my grandmother, who gave me a single GameCube memory card and a controller.
Mike South, OBU