MetaChat - My parents have come back from their cruise.

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16 May 2009

My parents have come back from their cruise. Do you know how I know?→[More:]My 70-year old parents who didn't email or phone their grown-up children for the 15 days they were gallivanting around the Mediterranean just texted me the following:

"We R @ airprt. Taking limo taxi home."

post by: typewriter at: 19:48 | 6 comments

I hate to be the be the one to tell you this, but it looks like a textbook case of your parents going on a "cruise" and being replaced by cyborgs. Happens all the time.

I know you may be sad at first, but remember, with just a little reprogramming cyborg parents will happily perform basic household chores at your command. You needn't look on this event as a bad thing.

posted by cillit bang 16 May | 20:15

Oh noes! They are cyborgs!

posted by typewriter 16 May | 20:34

They are happy. They had a great time. They focused on each other.

posted by Miko 16 May | 22:13

But cillit bang is right - they *did not* know how to text before the 'cruise'!

posted by typewriter 16 May | 22:14

That's awesome. I love that they shortened "are", "at" and "airport", but went with the unnecessarily long phrase "limo taxi."

posted by mullacc 17 May | 00:27

Heh. Going to find out tonight how they learned to text. And will they be texting me all the time, now that they have the skills.

posted by typewriter 17 May | 17:06

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