A Conversation for Remote Controls
Missing Remotes
Doug Dastardly Posted May 16, 1999
The one on the far left, second from the right? That's a riddle isn't it... you mean to say there's only two of them?
Missing Remotes
Caleb Posted May 16, 1999
No, just a joke. Play on words. Or, it could be a riddle. But, just a joke.
Well, I'll leave you to your machinations. Right now would be a good time to slump down on your keyboard and fall asleep instantly.
Bye.
Missing Remotes
Doug Dastardly Posted May 16, 1999
Well, I've managed to lift my head off the keyboard again for a while!Again, I was again amazed to find that at some point during the night, the remote control had managed to find some crevice to hide in. Took me ages to find it... (I'm sure it must have scuttled out when I wasn't looking and just sit there in plain sight to annoy me!)
Missing Remotes
Caleb Posted May 16, 1999
It is my theory that remote controls have legs, and use them to move around and about endlessly. This is incredibly annoying, which is why they do it.
Missing Remotes
Doug Dastardly Posted May 16, 1999
And I'm sure they do it in groups too... how many times have you been looking for a remote only to find them all lurking in the same hiding place!
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Caleb Posted May 16, 1999
THE REMOTE FAMILY TREE
TV Remote---------VCR Remote
| |
The Stereo Remote Everything else.
Missing Remotes
Doug Dastardly Posted May 16, 1999
Or the alternative theory is that they have the ability to change places with each other *instantly* so that no matter which one you're looking for, you always seem to find the other one!
Missing Remotes
Doug Dastardly Posted May 16, 1999
You know you can get "Soap on a Rope?" I was thinking along the lines of "Remote on a Rope." Hang it around your neck and you'll always know where to find it.
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Caleb Posted May 16, 1999
The new trend!!! Popular among teenage girls, it's THE REMOTE NECKLACE!!!! Good for lots of things like:
1)Changing the channel on your boyfriend.
2)Turning off your teachers.
3)Most everything else!
Buy one TODAY!!!!
Missing Remotes
Cheerful Dragon Posted May 17, 1999
What you don't realise (being a man) is that girls want a remote that will enable them to instantaneously change their boyfriend.
Now that would be really useful!
Missing Remotes
Doug Dastardly Posted May 17, 1999
Being a man, I all too well realise this! I'm wondering - if you had such a remote, what would your favorite channel be?
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Caleb Posted May 17, 1999
This has absolutely NOTHING to do with remotes, but I just noticed something: recently I've spent so much time reading British English (which isn't too different from American English) that I seem to be turning INTO a Englishman! What's next? Saying things happened a "fortnight ago"? Standing in a "queue"? Drinking tea with my pinkie exended?
As a side note, the pinkie is rapidly evolving away. What are English going to do then about drinking tea, huh?
Missing Remotes
Doug Dastardly Posted May 18, 1999
I'd just like to point out that I don't drink tea, and even if I did, I wouldn't do it with my little finger extended! Standing in a queue however is unavoidable.
Saving Scroll Time
Caleb Posted May 21, 1999
Just to cut down on scroll time, I responded here...the forum is rather large...
Saving Scroll Time
Doug Dastardly Posted May 22, 1999
Still, while you're scrolling it gives you plenty of time to find your remote... hold on.. *damn* where did I put it...
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- 35: Cheerful Dragon (May 17, 1999)
- 36: Doug Dastardly (May 17, 1999)
- 37: Caleb (May 17, 1999)
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- 39: Caleb (May 21, 1999)
- 40: Doug Dastardly (May 22, 1999)
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