Remote Chatting Gifts

Communicating in These Strange Times

'It was love at first sight, although he was very pixilated and I was out of focus'

'No, I'm not stranded. This is the only place I could find that has no distractions.'

Annual run-off at the mouth.

"It has come to my attention that some work-from-home employees aren't maintaining company standards."

'I told you to invite a friend over.'

Time for tea and friendship.

Aladdin conjures up a virtual genie.

"Indeed - you're Mr. Gurkenman! After all the 200m meetings I remembered you much smaller!"

Covid and Restarting School

'There's a bench over there why not sit down and rest your weary mouth?'

'It's not a desert island - it's Australia.'

'Fred is a social conservative -- he believes in slow food and heavy beer.'

"The incessant chatter was driving me crackers, so I got him his own twitter account."

"Thanks for coming in."

Silver Surfer.

"But rather than me just sitting here talking, why don't we watch this video of me sitting here talking?"

Boys and Girls: Differences in Internet Surfing.

Working from home to-do list.

"Off to work, Hon. See you tonight."

'It's true -- we DO communicate better in a chat room.'

"I'm upstairs right now. On weekends and holidays, I go downstairs."

Office worker on desert island on cell phone: 'No, I haven't seen the minutes.'

'I don't care what your chat group says. I say you're becoming overly dependent on technological gadgetry.'

"He was much more effective in the field."

'I don't like her line of gossip - it's never about anyone I know.'

Catroom.

I see. And why do you think you often feel lonely?

On the internet no one knows you're a nerd.

"My job went remote, so I got two more remote jobs are started secretly travelling the world."

The Exhaustive Bro Catch Up

Look, dork, I won't ask again. Will you help me use a computer? Maybe. What for? Internet Scrabble. I hear it is possible to play – what is the word? Online? I should like to send data over cyberspace. Through cyberspace.

You looked different during our video chat.

Bring it on, Scrabble nerd! Want to tell him directly? What do you mean? There's a chat function so you can taunt other online Scrabble players. Just type in your insult and hit send. Have I died and gone to heaven? The internet. And I suspect it' met its match.

Tell me about your history. What are your interests? What kind of places do you visit? Are you careful? House of Java.net Cybercafe. You know what I mean: Are you the type that gets around? Your computer seems chaste. You may use it to send me an email. My laptop is virus-free. Freak.