i walked into the den the other day to see my father rubbing the mouse on his head i asked him what he was doing and he said "trying to get better reception for the internet"
Too high tech
My father-in-law is one of the most intelligent people I know and there are things he can do with computers that I wouldn't think of and I work in maintainting computers across the globe. Though he has his moments. A year or so ago he drove a car down from our hometown he had bought for us and was planning on getting the train back. He had ordered tickets for collection at the station. He was given a code by the website he used to his email. He sat in contemplation for a while before asking me and his daughter for help. He asked if the station had wifi so he could access his email at the station and get to the code. After this fell flat he wondered if he could email the number to his phone but realised he would have the same problem and then wondered if he should leave his computer on and on the email page. I asked him if he thought of using a pen and writing on paper... this hadn't crossed his mind...
Today my mom called sounding very excited. When I asked her what had happened, she replied "I know what I'm getting your brother for christmas. The computer just told me that I won a Wii!"
I was bringing my boyfriend home for the first time to introduce him to my parents. We were talking and he said to me, "Oh wait, did you see my picture on FaceBook?" And I was about to reply when my mother jumped in and said, "Facebook? We have a Facebook! One second hold on!" She ran upstairs, leaving all of us in confusion (everyone knows my mother is horrible at... Read More »
I went to my parents house for a visit to find that my dad had put an aluminum pie plate over the wireless router "to stop the neighbours from stealing the internet"
I convinced my mom that the lighter app on the iPhone actually heated up the phone. She was skeptical at first, but after 10 seconds of the top of my phone on a light bulb when she wasn't looking, thoroughly convinced her the iPhone can do anything.


