tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post6534795720751834278..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: The Real Problem With Wireless Technology Is That It Makes It Harder To Find Something To Strangle People With When They Deserve ItJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-38963273535204523062011-10-11T08:07:51.635-04:002011-10-11T08:07:51.635-04:00As another person who remembers making phone calls...As another person who remembers making phone calls in 1970, I'm also sure she would not be surprised at being handed a cel phone. But she'd be shocked that in 2011 she couldn't call up anyone living in the Mars colony. Or even the Moon Base.stjessepC.L.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01734352657431970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-75375613914814644952011-10-10T15:56:49.087-04:002011-10-10T15:56:49.087-04:00She'd also be flabbergasted to see that she no...She'd also be flabbergasted to see that she now had to work 60 hours a week in some electronic sweatshop and have two roommates to pay her share of the rent for the tiny one bedroom, roach infested, four story walk up with a panoramic view of an air shaft that she paid $50 a month for back in those dark times. But now her head would explode when shown she could use the VerminSnap App on her Mr. Havishamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-51596475112596991082011-10-10T14:06:59.433-04:002011-10-10T14:06:59.433-04:00"She’d want to know how doctors ended up curi..."She’d want to know how doctors ended up curing cancer..."<br /><br />Well, we've got this vaccine against cervical cancer, but...Sophistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-24638628857309166632011-10-09T20:46:49.608-04:002011-10-09T20:46:49.608-04:00"She’d ask about space colonies on Mars, flyi..."She’d ask about space colonies on Mars, flying cars, superfast nuclear-powered airplanes, artificial organs. She’d want to know how doctors ended up curing cancer and senility."<br /><br />And then you'd have to tell her how a cult of people worshiping a 6,000 year-old Big Book of Bronze Age Faerie Tales and the companies that got rich off of Vietnam took over the country and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-11100353090153251922011-10-08T20:11:20.899-04:002011-10-08T20:11:20.899-04:00I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, your m...I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, your mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. Your mind is going. There is no question about it...arghousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-16135668979400443372011-10-08T18:06:53.062-04:002011-10-08T18:06:53.062-04:00"Unless she needed to call the Doctor to sche...<i>"Unless she needed to call the Doctor to schedule a house call."</i><br /><br />Looks like Bobo just got pantsed before being stuffed back into the locker. By a dirty fuckin' hippie, even.ErgoDannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-301177422560630322011-10-08T13:50:39.062-04:002011-10-08T13:50:39.062-04:00Did Bobo mean "Jobses" or "Jobs&quo...Did Bobo mean "Jobses" or "Jobs"? There are plenty of folks today who feel like Job from that old bible story...isabelitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175928587455507236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-39555110623508520572011-10-07T20:38:26.796-04:002011-10-07T20:38:26.796-04:00What ALL you guys said.
After showing her the Tim...What ALL you guys said.<br /><br />After showing her the Times, you'd turn on the teevee news for her. In 5 minutes or less she'd be heading back to her time machine with a grim expression.Li'l Innocenthttp://ladysmantle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-45077318149615333662011-10-07T20:07:21.652-04:002011-10-07T20:07:21.652-04:00Show her any column by David Brooks, and then try ...Show her any column by David Brooks, and then try to explain what the fuck it's doing in the New York Times.<br /><br />Also, what heydave said.R. Porrofattonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-36111152152559627112011-10-07T18:15:28.137-04:002011-10-07T18:15:28.137-04:00I was 19 in 1970, so we are contemporaries. And I...I was 19 in 1970, so we are contemporaries. And I am pretty sure that our imaginary time traveler would be a whole lot more gobsmacked by the stuff that you mention than by the fact that she could put a phone (which, contrary to the assertions of Our Mr. Brooks, was NOT invented by Steve Jobs) in her pocket, even if she were informed that she could also use it to send 140-character brain farts David in NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00493832668051350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-33693416307099029312011-10-07T17:46:31.768-04:002011-10-07T17:46:31.768-04:00Okay, you HAVE to do this time travel stuff more o...Okay, you HAVE to do this time travel stuff more often. For you younguns, this is correct because I remember that time as well. Aside from the hilarity of the column, too bad it's true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-39437740068787050442011-10-07T16:52:33.359-04:002011-10-07T16:52:33.359-04:00Point of clarification for the pedantic representa...Point of clarification for the pedantic representative from IL: Do you mean Nana Mouskouri glasses? <br /><br />As ever, beautiful work. The person(s) who previously suggested a Doghouse omnibus volume had an excellent point -- writing this spot-on would mix wonderfully with paper and ink.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923392263709860136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1730834000564718002011-10-07T15:52:58.085-04:002011-10-07T15:52:58.085-04:00All I've read so far is the title, but if I ge...All I've read so far is the title, but if I get hit by a bus, it will have been enough.ckc (not kc)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05731097323974389961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1935182748910514392011-10-07T15:00:32.154-04:002011-10-07T15:00:32.154-04:00I don't say it often enough, but bravo!
Or as...I don't say it often enough, but bravo!<br /><br />Or as we (should have) said in 1970 Bra-Fucking-Vo.heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-19818067994163890912011-10-07T14:28:36.133-04:002011-10-07T14:28:36.133-04:00Sounds like you need another round of Utopian Elan...Sounds like you need another round of Utopian Elan, Mr. Riley (or a spritz of it -- I can't decide whether it should be a cocktail or a cologne. Hell, maybe it should just be a malt liquor in a big bottle.). <br /><br />Would the world be a better place if Brooks put a tenth the effort into one of his columns that you put into this takedown? He'd still be Brooks, but maybe a little less crosspalmshttp://crosspalms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-90106309776238568332011-10-07T13:19:18.859-04:002011-10-07T13:19:18.859-04:00I wonder how Brooks would respond when the person ...I wonder how Brooks would respond when the person from 1970 noticed the black president and asked, "hey, whatever happened to Nixon?"cleternoreply@blogger.com