Peter C. Hayward Esq. ([info]peterchayward) wrote,
@ 2009-10-15 15:49:00
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Current location:work
Current mood: mischievous
Current music:that very same co-worker just sneezed

Transcript of conversation with a co-worker.
Me: I was watching a historical documentary last night, and it said that there actually used to be businesses before the internet.
Her: What do you mean?
Me: Well, you know how we communicate with other businesses via email? Yeah, apparently they used to have businesses talking to each other before the internet even existed.
Her: You mean…still on computers?
Me: No no, that’s what I’m saying. Before computers even existed, businesses used to communicate with each other. I don’t know how it would work.
Her: Well yeah, by the telephone.
Me: Yeah, I didn’t really understand it myself. It was a weird concept though. Business before the internet. I mean, how would you send an email?
Her: You’d write a letter.
Me: No, but this was before even computers existed. How would you print out a letter?
Her: By typewriter…
Me: Yeah, I’m not so sure.
Her: Or you could just write it.
Me: Write every letter? That’s insane. I don’t really think it was-…
Her: I don’t understand.
Me: Yeah, I don’t think it was real. I think it must have been a hoax – like you know those people who believe the moon landing was faked? I think it was like that, they were pretending that businesses communicated before the internet.
Her: Peter, I have no idea what you’re talking about.



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[info]das_mervin
2009-10-15 04:57 am UTC (link)
You know, that might make me facepalm, if I didn't already know this story from my father when he was a teen.

Dad: *has a sack of potatoes*
Friend: What are you gonna do with those?
Dad: Oh, lots of things. May just peel and eat them, but there are enough so I could do all kinds of stuff--straight up, baked, mashed--
Friend: Wait--mashed?
Dad: Yeah--you know, mashed potatoes?
Friend: What are you talking about? You don't make mashed potatoes out of those.
Dad: ...then what do you make them out of?
Friend: Chuh--they come out of a box. You know, those little flakes?
Dad: So...you are basically saying that you think it is impossible to make mashed potatoes out of potatoes.
Friend: They come out of a box! The factories have to process them first!

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[info]peterchayward
2009-10-15 05:05 am UTC (link)
lol, was he genuine?

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[info]das_mervin
2009-10-15 07:23 pm UTC (link)
Totally genuine.

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[info]riumplus
2009-10-15 10:05 am UTC (link)
They used the telephone! Marvellous invention, that. Before then they had to actually go outside.

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[info]pete_jones
2009-10-16 01:06 pm UTC (link)
I remember life before the internet...

Bad, bad times. Most of us survived simply, hiding in cellars, sitting in corners with our arms wrapped tight, rocking back and forth in terror. Occasionally we might mumble "I wish they'd invent the internet already, and save us from this nightmare..." And lo, our prayers were answered!

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