We no longer think it odd

We no longer think it odd

We no longer think it odd when someone in the street starts talking loudly to themselves

We no longer think it odd it when someone’s handbag starts vibrating and that person jumps

We no longer think it odd when people in the office shout loudly at the machines for doing the wrong thing

We no longer think it odd when our car tells us which way to go

We no longer think it odd when we can see the photo we just took

We no longer think it odd when a love letter is electronic (remember when love letters were scented?)

We no longer think it odd when we can order anything from anywhere right to our doorstep

We no longer think it odd when a stranger starts to spend the money in our own bank account

We no longer think it odd when leaders say they did not say what they just said (on camera)

We no longer think it odd when our leaders attempt to control oil supply by invading other lands and causing hundreds of thousands to die

So what, now, do we think is odd?

You really know you are living in 2007 when ...

YOU REALLY KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2007 WHEN …

1. you try to change the TV channel using your cell phone keypad;

2. you feel your belt or purse vibrate even when someone else’s phone is ringing;

3. you trust your car GPS route finder more than what you can see through the windscreen;

4. you choose your friends according to the size of their MP3 music collection, and of course whether they are prepared to share them with you;

5. you try to warm up your take-out meal in your hotel room’s electronic safe;

6. you wish you could put one of your relatives in hibernate mode, or yourself in log-off mode;

7. you try and press ‘page down’ when turning the page of the novel you are reading, and are surprised when it does not work;

8. with hundreds of zooty ring tones available, everyone selects the antique telephone one;

9. your laptop picks up twenty wi-fi networks in an airport but none of them is free;

10. you have three mice on your desk and are not sure which machine they link to;

11. you spend more time obeying what your computer and emails tell you to do, than listening to what your manager tells you to do;

12. when there is a power outage there is no option but to go home, and even the home experience is limited;

13. you are really really sick and tired of messages ending my telling you to pass them on to your friends, but you obey anyway…