my mom's brainburp (short)

[smileyeagle1021]

Ok, so this happened wednesday, but just now I'm getting around to it... even though I now have plenty of time...
but she called, asked what was new, I told her that some idiot hit a power pole and knocked out power for 800 people, myself included. Anyway, we talk for about half an hour and I start hearing the low battery tone on my phone. I tell her, sorry but my battery is dying and I'll probably drop the call...
she asked why I couldn't just plug the phone in my charger...
i asked her what good it would do...
she told me it would charge the battery
I asked where it would get the power
she then remembered that a black out meant no power for my cell phone either...

[Evil Queen]

My Mom's done that too.

[Becks]

The MOTH's mother has done that, too.

More than once. In the same conversation, even.

[Slytovhand]

Isn't that when you try to turn the lights on to look for the candles and torch???

[smileyeagle1021]

Isn't that when you try to turn the lights on to look for the candles and torch???

sadly I've done that before...

[Arm]

I had a blackout here a few weeks ago... Called my brother (in the next town) to see if he wanted to go catch a movie. He asked me to look up the show times online.

Wound up with this conversation:

"I have no power!"
"Yeah, but your laptop has a battery."
"...my internet doesn't."

[wagegoth]

My new cable modem has a battery backup.

[smileyeagle1021]

My new cable modem has a battery backup.

i want one *does the pooty 4 year old face*

my dsl modem is an old pos... nice router, but it doesn't have battery either.

[draftermatt]

I did that.

Hurricane/Tropical Storm Isabell came through and we lost power for a week.

Middle of the week I notice my cell is dying so I plug it in and get really irritated that it won't charge.

Until I realized that it wasn't going to since I was sitting in a pitch black room.

[Pagan]

Isn't that when you try to turn the lights on to look for the candles and torch???

Yeah, I was doing that Sunday after lightening took out a transformer and our power....

BUT....on the plus side, when the power came back on, there was a little bump that reset something in my computer and yea! my soundcard is working again!

[Gawdzillers]

I always flip the switch when I go to the bathroom in a blackout.

You haven't lived until you've held a flashlight in your mouth to make sure you aren't peeing on the floor.

[Broomjockey]

You haven't lived until you've held a flashlight in your mouth to make sure you aren't peeing on the floor.

Lights hurt too much at night, so I've just memorized the layout of my bathroom.

[JustADude]

You haven't lived until you've held a flashlight in your mouth to make sure you aren't peeing on the floor.

That's why I love wearing glasses:

Glasses + adjustable Micro Booklight Thingie = Headlamp

[Pagan]

Lights hurt too much at night, so I've just memorized the layout of my bathroom.

I could do that, but lately I've been plagued with cucarachas and don't want to take the chance of stepping on one in the dark. If that happened, you'd all have to come visit me in my padded room in Las Vegas (NM, where the state mental hospital is).