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"The good old days of eating the washing off the line are all gone methinks: The farmer has bought an electric dryer..."

'I have a plan 'B' but that's also dependent on a working projector bulb.'

"You created a robot to do your homework for you? Apparently, laziness is the mother of invention."

"Technology isn't making me smarter. It's allowing me to be dumb, faster."

"I guess it's ethical. Let me run it through my 'Ethics Check' app."

ACME INDUSTRIES NEW PRODUCTS DIVISION, 'The best part is, it can repossess itself!'

'Let me through, I'm at Doctor.com.'

"As you can see, I've alphabetized the items, presents owing if you will, so if you can digitally initial here, here, here, here and here and sign there. Thank you. See you December 24."

'Can our software do that?'

"Where's the business end of this thing?"

"String ... you mean it doesn't have a remote controller to operate it?"

I have an idea - Let's sit around the campfire and watch scary movies on our iPads!

"My online account predicts the things I should own, then buys them with my credit card. It�s very convenient, but I do now need to move to a larger house."

Early cyborg.

Man on Snowdon with GPS system - "I'd be lost without it."

"We don't call them 'horns' anymore. They're interactive audio crash deterrent stimulators."

'Don't leave baby alone with this really cool tiny phone. It's a choking hazard.'

Check your universal remote control at the door.

'My Pilot-Fish is on holidays, so I'm using a GPS System to find my way around...'

Useless add-ons.

You're telling me not to choose sides between Google and Apple. Precisely. Computer Villa. Stay neutral. Continue to support both companies. Emotionally. Right. By buying as much as you can from both companies. Doesn't that only benefit you? Heretic. Absolve yourself by upgrading your phone! Computer Villa.

Dawing your Cellphone

Nerd tryouts.

"And with the optional remote you make all these little lights go off and on really quickly." You can have an IT system with all the latest bells and whistles...or you could have one that WORKS

'Hey...remember T.V.?

"I got a swiss army hook!"

The Modern Novel.

City Electronics and Computers...On sale...ROBOT PETS: 'Robot pets is going too far

Bicycle sat nav.

Mulching Vacuum Cleaner

'E-books?'

"Careful. That house has a taser."

"I think our smart home is suffering from separation anxiety. It's following us."

Connected to Technology.