Have you ever wondered why, in computer terms, a mistake is called a “fatal error” and a computer is referred to as a “terminal?”
Could it be that the lousy things are suicidal?
I swear they must be, because they are a constant source of aggravation.
There is a phrase in my house that goes, “It just isn’t a day unless you have to restart the computer.”
Because at least once a day, the computer crashes in some way, shape or form.
That or it’ll just freeze up, and that’s even more fun because you’re sitting there wondering if it’s going to go through and work or not.
Of course, if my computer were to keep crashing on-line, it might learn another way to crash — when either I hurl it out the front door or my dad does.
My dad came up with the concept of Computer Olympic Sports, in which you can relieve your frustrations about all this modern technology by playing mouseball or monitor toss.
In the first game, you toss the mouse (the computer kind) in the air and use your keyboard to bat it across the room. Imagine a game of baseball with computer parts, and you’ll get the basic idea.
But it’s the monitor toss that I think I’d really have a good shot of winning.
Because when I actually do lose my temper, I can get some good distance.
Of course, if Computer Olympics were ever to become a real deal, I still think my dad would beat me at monitor toss.
I’ve spent most of my life learning how to keep my temper under control, but my dad.... well, let’s just say that the only thing that saved my computer monitor’s life last time it pulled a “cute one” was that it was attached to so many cords.
As weak as those utility cords may look, they served to restrain my dad as he glared at the screen.
I’ve never learned to leave my dad alone when he’s ready to play “let’s kill the computer.”
One thing you never want to ask someone when they are having computer problems is, “So
I take it the computer crashed again?”
Because if you do, you might find out that the computer isn’t the only thing that’s crashing that day.
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