Overheard
Sunday, 31 July, 2005
Aunt: “Do you always keep your television on?” (NB: By “on” she means on standby.)
Me: “Yes.”
Aunt: “You should turn it off.”
Me: “Why?”
Aunt:“It might explode.”
Me: “We've had that television for five years and we always keep it like that and it's never exploded.”
Aunt: “In Hong Kong we had one that exploded. You should turn it off.”
Current:
Bible: Isaiah (ESV) 28/09/2010
seen: Tropic Thunder 26/09/2010
seen: The Life of Mammals 24/09/2010
seen: What a Girl Wants 19/09/2010
seen: Jerry Maguire 19/09/2010
seen: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 06/09/2010
seen: Tomorrow Never Dies 05/09/2010
seen: Nanny McPhee 28/08/2010
read: Mercury (Hope Larson) 27/08/2010
read: Spellcheckers Vol 1 (Jamie S Rich, Nicolas Hitori de, Joelle Jones) 16/08/2010
read: Solipsistic Pop Vol 2 (Solipsistic Pop) 16/08/2010
read: Chiggers (Hope Larson) 15/08/2010
seen: Josie and the Pussycats 14/08/2010
seen: Mr & Mrs Smith 14/08/2010
seen: Step Up 2 13/08/2010
Blinks:
How to recalibrate the home button on your iPhone.
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Thought Balloon is a group blog in which the writers tackle a new theme every week? month? with one-page scripts. This URL is for their Phonogram ones.
How to sew a zipper on a knitted garment.
Issues organised by tale.
Online magazine that publishes fairy tales that are not reworkings of old tales.
Journal that publishes fairy tale writing.
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Reminds me a little bit of http://www.fandeath.net/ - allegedly quite a concern for Koreans.
well - not leaving the tv on saves on electricity - leaving all your applicances on standby ends up using quite a bit of power. But i don’t think it’s going to make it explode!!
8-)
My mum thinks the same - I reckon there is 40% thinking it might explode (or wear out quicker) and 60% energy saving.