The Top 10 Signs Your
Parents Need Help Using the Internet

10> “I don’t understand this part — let me call the help line… Ahhhhhhh! The phone is screaming at me! Ahhhhhh!”

9> When checking out, Mom inserts her credit card into the floppy drive.

8> Dad keeps trying to surf the Web by using the TV remote.

7> They still don’t realize they’re the internationally famous stars of http://www.kinkybobanddoris.com.

6> They casually drop words like “roffle-mow” into conversation to sound hip.

5> Mom writes out her e-mail replies in longhand, then holds them up to the monitor so you can see them.

4> They hit the “Back” button thinking that it will show them the “back side” of the Web page.

3> They trust you to set up the parental block to keep you out of porn sites.

2> They open every virus to make sure it’s a virus.

and the Number 1 Sign Your Parents Need Help Using the
Internet…

1> So far they’ve been bilked over $200 for “e-mail stamps.”

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Credits:

Selected from 36 submissions from 13 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Kevin van Houten, The Colony, TX — 1
Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 2
Arthur Levesque, Laurel, MD — 3
Rane Pollock, N Richland Hills, TX — 4
Doug Crews, San Diego, CA — 5, 7
Justin Cascio, Perth Amboy, NJ — 6
Mark Zinck, Grand Rapids, MI — 8, 9
Joe Terranova, Lake Orion, MI — 8
Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 10
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator