Techno-savvy Gifts

"Most people accept our party invitations. We robocall them into submission."

"You can access me by saying simply 'Agnes.' It is not necessary to add 'dot com.' "

"Fill out an application? Can't I just text it?"

This is a 'text book' it's a bit like a website but printed on paper.

"Miss Rogers told me I have a personal 'cloud' to store knowledge in."

e-shoes

"I brought back important data on that blue planet called Earth."

"Did you get my tweet?"

Your Work/Life Balance Is Off. Shall I Auto-Correct?

'I'd like two pizzas, one with cheese and pepperoni and the other with cheese and sausage. One more thing, do you deliver?'

Weird things I do because of the internet

Relaxing in the Sun

"Isn't there an app for this?"

'When I took this job, I had no idea how much it would cut into my quality, family texting time.'

"I was going to have my people call his people, but I’m pretty sure his people have Caller I.D."

"I'm trying to Google what I was thinking about twenty minutes ago!"

'And the best thing about this electric thermal underwear is, no batteries, it's solar!'

'An encyclopedia? I don't know. Let's look up what it is on Wikipedia.'

'In the computer simulation he said he admired my candor and gave me a raise.'

'Thanks for the book, dad. Now I can reach my computer!'

Happiness is spending late summer afternoon on a buying binge at the iPhone app store.

"Shankar, I needed someone to dot the 'I's' and cross the 'T's' but that was before there was ChatGPT."

Aladdin conjures up a virtual genie.

Back in my day, we were drawn with ink on paper, not on some fancy digital pad, but at least we knew we existed.

Early Learning Today

"Here's one, Matey! 'Must Love Parrots.'"

Mr Jones is not seeing anyone in person. Do you have a webcam?

'And the wicked stepmother looked into her smartphone and said, "Selfie, selfie in my face, who's the fairest in this place?"

"Tommy? Hi, this is daddy. How's my big boy? Sweetie, daddy needs your help."

The Re-Opening of Schools

'Ever since I started reading the newswpaper online, he's been bringing my computer to me.'

A baseball player is too busy checking his smartphone to catch a ball.

"These are X-Rays of your operation, and this is a selfie I took with your gall bladder."

So, if you don't get this mail because I wrote the wrong address again, please reply to me a.s.a.p. Best, Bob

'Is this to make me feel bad for not getting you that laptop?'