In response to last week's question, "Why do the numbers on phones go down while the numbers on calculators go up?", my sailing buddies Scott and Ivan both declared, "Everyone knows that it's because old phone technology just doesn't add up."
My dad's beach buddy Bob noted that "the inventor of the telephone was a contrarian" while my neighbor Dick thought it was more intentional, writing "so people don't do calculations on their phone." My friend Royce noted that "one of the designers was dyslexic."
Leave it to my wise friends David and Richard, engineers on opposite coasts of the country, to reach the same conclusion. "The numbers are ordered that way to provide good karma for their primary markets: Calculators are primarily to help accountants add up money. Going up is good. Cell phones are primarily for singles looking for sexual partners. Going down is good." To be clear, though, Richard actually wrote "....while phone systems go down far more often than we like."
Please share your thoughts about "things that make you go 'Hmmmm' " :
What do dogs do on their day off? (George Carlin 1935-2008)
Live well......laugh often....have a good week.
Hal
Happy Birthday USA. Our capitalist democracy, with open communication and debate, is the best economy and quality of life on the planet. Best wishes to those running the Peachtree Road Race on the 4th.
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