Historical Technology Enthusiast Mugs

Satire on the All-Pervasive Telegraph

'It's one of these new phones that takes photographs.'

Early Colour TV

The original paperless office

'As you know, some of us can't keep up with the pace of new technology.'

Reinventing the Wheel

The Invention of the Wheel

"If I can't use a calculator, may I use my Dad's old slide-rule?"

My url is: http:/how:/um:/powwow.co.chiese.html.

Old Phones Lasagne

"Well you said you wanted a simple, cheap solution!" (IT Solutions).

"Hackers, Sire! They've broken through our firewall."

"Go ahead and laugh, but this baby hasn't crashed since 1961."

The Final Chapter.

'Peter Rabbit and his sisters, Floppy Disc and Mopsy.'

"When I was your age, all we had to know was how to wind."

'He's not a 'bad' phone. He's just not a 'smart' phone.'

"For a list of the ways artificial intelligence is killing your job, please press one."

'Well yes, it is a Jurassic model...OK, I'll knock off two bucks.'

What's that? A car phone. All I need now is a car.

Signs grampa has run out of 'When I Was Your Age' stories.

Abacus manufacturer waits for virus to destroy computers.

"This thing isn't working."

Phone Call

"It's my latest invention - I call it 'Fire point two oh'!"

Developing the boomerang.

Brggar holding sign - 'Victim of computer age'.

"Grandma, somebody wants to talk to you, but I can't get your phone off this cord."

'Nice, but I see it more as a gadget than a real invention.'

Preserved head and mobile phone.

"There's a rumor going around that the 90's are back."

When you think about it, you have to be a complete idiot NOT to believe aliens crashed at Roswell in 1947. It's clear we reverse-engineered their tech. Before 1947: Primitive cars, planes and radio. After 1947: Spaceships, quantum computing, internet. Let me try ... Before 1947: No bikinis. After 1947: Bikinis. No, wait ... the bikini was 1946. That throws this whole theory into question. We really should have our own science show.

My grandparents used this to play music. It actually has a needle that allows a track around the record surface. Oh, it's groovy!

'We didn't know what to do with all our old, outdated equipment, so we made a sculpture garden from it.'

'A regular computer wouldn't have been so bad — I was replaced by an electric typewriter.'