Retro Communication Fan Pillows

Generation Gap

"I suppose you're using all the modern technology, dynamic packaging, skype, web marketing..." "Yes, we even use carrier-pigeon.com."

'I'm talking to Mother...The telephone's broken!'

'Blasted caller ID! I can't get through to anybody!'

'Remember the good old days when people use to write each other emails?'

'You've got E.I.E.I.O mail'

"Bugger! I was just about to crack his code, when he burnt his blanket."

"It's actually much quicker than our broadband!"

"It's for you."

"Dammit all, haven't they heard of e-mail?"

The Early Internet

CIA, 'CBS says we're behind the times, do they? -- Get me Walter Cronkite on the phone!'

'We passed notes. That's how we text in the old days.'

Early text messaging.

"Don't bother you father when he's using his mobile."

"Dear Wendy, please excuse the tardiness of my response to your recent tweet from Hoboken."

"We're airship people, not mega-airship people."

Another Turning Point in the Industrial Revolution. Ford Motor Co. On second thought, let's put the cars on the conveyor belt.

'When played backwards these say terrible things like 'do your homework' and 'clean your room.''

Us. Everyone else. My research shows that we are the only statistics company sill using pie charts displayed on an easel.

"This is my client's videotaped deposition—please be considerate and rewind after viewing."

Draw!

"Can't fix the WiFi? How times flies! Seems only yesterday you couldn't program the VCR!"

"I've had a tip off that someone on the team has been using email."

"This week we're going to try some regression therapy."

Man with candle in thought bubble, "Ideas before Edison"

"You're actually passing notes in class? That is so retro!"

'This old VCR warms a mean bagel.'

'Mr. Wigglerum finally paid his bill but he did it by faxing us cash.'

A man jumps on a pile of papers in the Data Comprestion Unit.

"Ordered fifty-eight days ago and it's here already!"

"Thanks Dad. How much did you pay for this mp3 player?"

"Do I put google maps on driving or walking directions?"

"Just a minute - I'm uploading."

The first recorded e-mail message was launched in the Gobi Desert by Kikitake Suji