If there is anything that cannnn make a grown man feel totally helpless, it’s when the electronic gadgets in his life start failing. Now, maybe if you’re some sort of MIT Electronics Engineer or something, this doesn’t bother you, but for a nnnnormal guy like me, I’m helpless in the new millennium of electronics. And boy, I have been on a roll lately!
A few weeks back, my electric garage door opener started acting up. It won’t close all the way, it comes up too far, and sometimes it just decides to do some very bizarre things that I can’t even explain. No matter how much I putz with it and try and adjust it, it just seems to have a mind of its ownnnn lately.
Then a few days later, the remote control for one of our DVD players started acting up. I tried some nnnew batteries, but got the same dysfunctional results. Argh!
Thennnnnn just this week, our satellite/DVR box decides to go on the fritz. At the time I realized this, the kids were ranting at me about wanting to watch onnne of their recorded movies. Since the DVR wasn’t working, I threw in one of their favorite DVD’s. Yep, you guessed it! The DVD player wasn’t working either! Then to top it off, my wife says to me, “Honey, the light switch in the shed is broken and I’d like you to fix it”. My response to her was a polite “Okay dear”, but what I really wanted to say was…well, I probably can’t publish that here.
And finally, just yesterday, I tried to print some couponns off of the Internet, and voilà, our computer printer isn’t workinnnng. Ugh!
Oh great, I’m just now realizing the “N” key on my computer keyboard is sticking. I better get off the computer before this thing blows up too.
I guess the electronics rebellion at The White House continnnnues!
G’NNNNNNNNNNNNight G’Town!
All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness. ~Mark Kennedy
