What Today's Technology Terms
Might Have Meant in Previous Times
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LOG
ON: Making
a wood stove hot |
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LOG
OFF: Too
much wood on fire |
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MONITOR: Keep'n
an eye on the wood stove |
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DOWN
LOAD: Gitten
the farwood off'n the truck |
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MEGA
HERTZ: When
yer not keerfull gitten the farwood |
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FLOPPY
DISC: Whatcha
git from tryin to tote too much farwood |
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RAM: That
thar thang what splits the farwood |
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HARD
DRIVE: Gitten
home in the winter time |
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WINDOWS: Whut
to shut when its cold outside |
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SCREEN: Whut
to shut when its black fly season |
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BYTE: Whut
dem dang flys do |
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CHIP: Munchies
fer the TV |
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MICRO
CHIP: Whut's
in the bottom of the munchie bag |
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MODEM: Whatcha
do to the hay fields |
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DOT
MATRIX: Ole
Dan Matrix's wife |
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LAP
TOP: Whar
the kitty sleeps |
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KEYBOARD: Whar
you hang the dang truck keys |
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SOFTWARE: Dem
dang plastic forks and knifes |
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MOUSE: What
eats the grain in the barn |
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MOUSE
PAD: That's
hippie talk fer where the mouse lives |
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MAINFRAME: Holds
up the barn roof |
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PORT: Fancy
flatlander wine |
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ENTER: Notherner
talk fer "C'Mon in y'all" |
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CLICK: Whut
you hear when you cock yer gun |
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DOUBLE
CLICK: When
you cock the double barrel |
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REBOOT: Whut
you have to do right before bedtime, when you have to go to the outhouse |
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