The Duplex by Glenn McCoy for April 03, 2012
April 02, 2012
April 04, 2012
Transcript:
Eno: No, dad. You only use the black remote to turn the tv on. The gray remote is the cable box remote. Eno: Use that to change channels, but first use the skinny remote to turn off the blu ray player. Eno: Our relationship has gone from child support to tech support.
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comicgos about 12 years ago
No kidding – we can go to the moon but we need 20 remotes to control the television! STUPID!
Llewellenbruce about 12 years ago
Buy him a universal remote for Father’s Day Eno.
revisages about 12 years ago
why mom doesn’t make me move out
GROG Premium Member about 12 years ago
Then there’s the universal suffering of programming the universal remote.
mwest about 12 years ago
My mom got tired of trying to figure out which remote was which, so she labeled them. I looked at them and thought – Duh – of course!! Why is the simple, logical solution the one that often eludes us?
tedunn5453 about 12 years ago
And to think we went to the moon using 1% of the computing power that these remotes have now.
The one thing to remember about universal remotes is they aint universal…
LingeeWhiz about 12 years ago
EGGS Actly! And the BluRay player can’t be universally programmed into the universal remote. I think I need to go back to university and take a class……
Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 12 years ago
Yeah, my dad was 96 when he passed away a couple years ago. Still able quite well actually, to live in his own home unassisted, but every now and then he would call me about his remote. Once it was just as simple as changing the batteries. He thought his set was broken. Good thing we lived close by, he would have been lost without the tv.
pierreandnicole about 12 years ago
Let’s see Dad. One parent is responsible for that schnoozola.