A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....06-06-06....Put Down the Mouse & Step Away From Your Computer

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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You Know You're Addicted to the Internet When...

• Your bookmarks list takes 15 minutes to scroll from top to bottom.
  
  
• Your eyeglasses have a web site burned into them.
  
  
• You find yourself brainstorming for new subjects to Google.
  
  
• You refuse to go to a vacation spot with no electricity and no phone lines.
  
  
  
  
• You finally do take that vacation, but only after buying a cellular modem and a laptop.
  
  
• You spend half of the plane trip with your laptop on your lap.... and your kid in the overhead compartment.
  
  
• Your dreams are in HTML.
  
  
• You find yourself typing "com" after every period when using a word processor.
  
  
• You turn your computer off and get this awful empty feeling, like you just pulled the plug of your loved one.
  
  
• You step out of the room and realize that your roomates have moved and you don't have any idea when it happened.
  
  
• You turn up the volume real loud when leaving the room so you can hear if anyone IM's you.
  
  
  
  
• You wife drapes a blond wig over the monitor to remind you of what she looks like.
  
  
• All of your friends have an @ in their names.
  
  
• Looking at a pageful of someone else's links, you notice that you've been to all of them.
  
  
• You check your mail. It says "no new messages." So you check it again.
  
  
• You don't know what sex three of your closeset friends are, because they have nuetral screennames and you never bothered to ask.
  
  
• You miss more than five meals a week downloading the latest MP3's.
  
  
• You wake up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom and stop and check your e-mail on the way back.
  
  
• Your virtual girlfriend finds a new sweetheart with a larger bandwidth.
  
  
• The last hottie you picked up was only a jpeg.
  
  
• You start tilting your head sideways to smile. :)
  
  
• Your sweetie says communication is important in a marriage...so you buy another computer and network them together so that you can IM each other anytime.
  
  
• You start using smileys in your snail mail.....
  
     
  
  
• You bring a bag lunch to the computer.
  
  
• You have withdrawals if you are away from the computer for more than a few hours.
  
  
• You take a speed reading course to keep up with the scrolling.
  
  
• You double click your TV remote.
  
  
• You type faster than you think. You can now type over 70 WPM.
  
  
  
• You check your e-mail and forget you have real mail.
  
  
• You go into withdrawals during dinner.
  
  
• You rank your friends by the amount of bandwith they have.
  
  
• You message someone via IM when they are less than 20 feet away.
  
  
• The sound of the keys clicking turns you on.
  
  
• You have more browsers than friends in the real world.
  
  
• You sign off and your screen says you were on for 3 days and 45 minutes.
  
  
• You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee.
  
  
• The letters have come off your keyboard from excessive use.
  
  
• You order pizza online - because you can't be bothered to call.
  
  
• You enter a room and get greeted by 25 people with {{{hugs}}} and ** kisses**.
  
  
  
• You're on the phone and say BRB.
  
  
• You purchase a vanity car license plate with your screen name on it.
  
  
• You say "lol" instead of laughing.
  
  
• You talk on the phone with the same person you are sending an instant message to.

Floral Apology

A man stopped at a florist shop after work to pick up roses for his wife. As the clerk was putting the finishing touches on his bouquet, another man burst through the door, breathlessly requesting a dozen red roses. "I'm sorry," the clerk said. "This man just ordered our last bunch."

The desperate customer turned to the other man and begged, "May I please have those roses?"

"What happened?" the first man asked. "Did you forget your wedding anniversary?"

"It's even worse than that," the second man confided. "I crashed my wife's hard drive."

03-28-06 ~ Hall of Fame #15

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 06-05-06 Military Monday

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[Billie]

[Billie]

PING! LOL!...((((HUGS)))) ... BRB ... TTYL :)

[Diver Dave]

Put Down the Mouse & Step Away From Your Computer

You've been talkin' to my wife, haven't ya?

[Billie]

Well, I know *I'M* not addicted ... nosireebob, not me! :)

[Billie]

Look at the date - neat, huh? "06-06-06"!

[Billie]

I'm turning mine off now and saying goodnight. I'll be back in a few hours. Nite!

[MEG33]

Love the thread and presentation! LOL

[redhead]

I've said "LOL!" to my kids! The funny part of it is that they went "Teehee!" right back!! Oy!

[CounterCounterCulture]

Put Down the Mouse & Step Away From Your Computer

...from my cold, dead hands...

:-p ~~

[Mama_Bear]

The letters have come off your keyboard from excessive use.

Oh, my gosh! I thought it was just MY keyboard that is missing it's letters. LOL. I have no i, e, o, m or n and my h is wearing off rapidly. Good thing I touch type and don't need them. My cousin went to use my computer when she was here recently and said "I can't use this keyboard...half your letters are missing!"

Very cute post, Billie. I'm sure everyone will have lots of fun with this one.

I am going to be out of town until Friday morning, so probably won't be posting much between now and then. Being as computer addicted as I am, I will, of course, have my laptop with me, so I will be able to check in occasionally when time permits. :-)

[Majie Purple]

[HiTech RedNeck]

Your dreams are in HTML.

No, silly, they are in Flash

[Majie Purple]

[Majie Purple]

[Majie Purple]

[snugs]

Do you remember this MP3 from a few years ago?

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[.30Carbine]

Great idea and presentation on a thread, Billie! Thanks so much for including me in your ping! What funny stuff!

[.30Carbine]

[stopem]

LOL!! ;)

Good morning fellow computer addicts. My name is stopem and I am a computer addict. :)


Okay who's been talking to my Daughter? Even my Doctor will say "I am giving you a new med but do not look it up on the computer because you would never take it than" LOL, (all those side effects listed).

But it did bring all of us FRiends together!!

I have to say it's all my son's fault he got me started way back when on AOL, I remember staying up half the night because I was so amazed.My Mom bought my son his first computer at age 10 from radio shack he is now 35 and is now a computer tech.

Yup came a long way baby.

I look up everything I want to know on the net.

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning Billie :)
This is funny. I guess I'm addicted because I know a lot of them too well. ;) Once in a while in regular email I'll write LOL and have to go back and delete them.