My father-in-law, who is his 50's, has recently got himself hooked up to the internet. Every night, before he goes to bed, he unplugs the main power supply and disconnects the modem. The reason? To stop the computer merrily browsing on the web all by itself and running up a huge phone bill. I swear this is true.
A childhood belief about technology
others believed things like this
- row row row your boat gently down the stream...merrily merrily merrily merrily life's a butter bean.— bleeslady
- I use to believe the sound that a car made when it was running low on gas was what they called horse power...— Bianca
- As a child i was under the impression that the huge power station chimneys were cloud makers.— scruffyoik
- I used to believe that a vitamin was a small animal
only recently I have found out that it is not true... :)— Sylwia - I always thought that my relatives were really tiny, and inside my phone when I talked to them on the phone.Anon
- I used to think that in public toilets, the cleaning lady actually lived in the supply cupboard.Anon