Do your parents not understand technology? Do they ask you stupid questions? Do they send you absurd text messages? Do they use words like "MyFace,""SpaceBook,"or "The World Wide Web?"

Your parents' Call of Duty 2.

At the mall, I saw an older woman with a home phone clipped to her pants.
Sydney Sheloff

My mom, after years of refusing to learn how to turn on our TV and surround sound, finally asked me to write everything down for her. I included a step that said, "shake the remote at least 100 times in order to charge." I came home from school several months later and she still hadn't realized that step was a joke.
Dave Powell, Louisiana College

My mom deletes what people write on her Facebook wall at the end of the day to "make room for more the next day."
Lynn Donaldson, University of Texas

My dad came to me saying he was gonna buy the new version of Windows, because it enabled touch screen. I had to explain to him that installing it just wouldn't turn his 5-year old CRT monitor into a "touchy" screen.
Marcelo B

My mom just sent me an email saying, "My email isn't working I don't think.. call me when you get this."
Bobbi C.

Do your parents not understand technology? Do they ask you stupid questions? Do they send you absurd text messages? Do they use words like "MyFace,""SpaceBook,"or "The World Wide Web?"

Your parents' App.

My dad overheard me and my friends talking about how awesome youtube is. He tried searching for "Youtube Season 1" on DVD.
Benny L

My dad paid 25 dollars for a used VCR. He thinks he got a good deal.
JJ LaMonaca, IUP

My aunt was concerned because she bought Michael Jackson's greatest hits album on iTunes but she hasn't received the CD in the mail yet.
Juan Ramirez, CSUS

My mom couldn't figure out why her e-mails to me were coming back undeliverable for months, even though I gave her my e-mail address several times. Turns out she was sending them with the ending, ".edu.com."
Eric Rapchak

Do your parents not understand technology? Do they ask you stupid questions? Do they send you absurd text messages? Do they use words like "MyFace,""SpaceBook,"or "The World Wide Web?"

Your parents' Blu-ray.

My mom once asked my friend, very earnestly, "Tim... what does an MP3 look like?"
Max L, University of Arizona

My grandmother called me and told me she was having problems with her cell phone battery. I drove 20 miles to get to her house. When I got there she had two AA batteries. She swore they were in the phone before she opened it.
Hunter S

My mom pointed to her Blackberry and asked "How do I write on somebody's wallpaper with this thing?" Later she asked, "Why can't I write on your dad's face?"
Kevin Deskins, Columbus State Community College

My dad still orders things out of catalogs.
Kelli K, University of Wisconsin

My mom's relationship status on Facebook is "It's Complicated." Ibrought this up to her because my parents are married. Her response:"Well, it is!"
P J

Do your parents not understand technology? Do they ask you stupid questions? Do they send you absurd text messages? Do they use words like "MyFace,""SpaceBook,"or "The World Wide Web?"

Your parents' Windows 7.

My mom called me to tell me she liked my Facebook status.
Colleen McAuliffe, Georgia Southern University

Today my I was watching the Vikings/Packers game when that NFL robot graphic came up on the screen and my mom asked, "How much do you think that guy gets paid to sit inside that robo-suit?"
tyler storrs

My dad thinks Google Earth is in real time.
Kaleigh F. O