Husband and myself sitting companionably side by side and enjoying yet another viewing of Notting Hill. Controllers necessary for said viewing are placed somewhat haphazardly on the arm of the sofa. As is likely to happen in such an instance, the controllers get pushed off the arm of the sofa and end up somewhere under the sofa. Thankfully husband has long arms as well as total disdain of the spiders that I'm sure lurk under the sofa biding their time waiting for an unsuspecting appendage to present itself and retrieves the controller so we can pause the film and make some popcorn. That's when things went horribly wrong.
Controller before epic journey:
Controller after rescuing: 
(Sorry about the quality of the photo. Terror will do this to you)
Honestly I had no idea what he'd pushed, but I was convinced that one or all of the following would, or had, happen/ed:
1. We would immediately be charged for every single option available via pay-per-view.
2. The controller would intone a message and say that it was planning to self-destruct, taking most of Western WA with it.
3. The spiders had enacted revenge for every one of their kind that I'd captured and put outside during the winter, utilizing the controller as a method for implementing their nefarious plan.
4. We would forever be doomed to watch "My Big Redneck Wedding" and "Mythbusters" for all eternity. (Fare you well my beloved HGTV)
So, okay, I know. Common sense says: "Wow. That's interesting. Lighted keys so you can see in total darkness." Honestly though? Our initial reaction truly was a "What the HELL is going on with this thing?!" I kid you not. You know, we're really not dolts, but the last thing either of us thought was that the stupid controller would light up. I mean, who thinks of these things? And who decides on RED as the color?? Green is so much more soothing and non-scary. Red's just so, well, RED.
I'm sure we'll eventually adapt to all these newfangled gadgets, but in the meantime, just in case, check to make sure yours aren't glowing red in solidarity with mine, signaling an unpleasant future for us all.
5 comments:
This purely means your controller is a sexy mamma dressed in red!
Oh gosh, and you didn't know that it would light up? Every now and then Mr. Staggs accidentally pushes a button that messes up our remote, and I always have to fix it, as he seems lost when it comes to such things. Which is really funny, when you know him. He can do amazing things, but he's lost when it comes to remote controls.
Did you ever figure out why this happened? I've never seen any remotes glow in the dark. I mean if its a tv remote, then your using it with the tv on...which has plenty of light to operate by. Strange.
We used to have a multi-equipment remote. It supposedly did everything from the CD player to the satellite box and all in between.
And it was totally useless...
;->...
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