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Technophobes

Les technophobes.

Technophobes.

Technophobes are people who hate modern technology, probably because they don't understand it, or because they are afraid of doing something wrong and ruining the equipment.

However, this is not a new phenomenon. At the turn of the 20th century, when electricity was installed in many homes, signs were placed on the wall next to the light-switches advising clients who were used to gas lighting not to try to light the electricity with a match!

I can recall several cases where people were ignorant of how to use new machines or gadgets, causing embarrassment in the would-be user and hilarity in the observer.

A woman who had no idea how to cook was temporarily without a cook, so she asked a friend how to boil an egg. 'Oh, that's easy,' the friend replied,'put the egg in boiling water and use this egg-timer. When the sand has all run through from one end to the other the egg will be cooked.' Unfortunately, she put the egg-timer in the water with the egg and broke it!

When videos first came on the market, another woman, who had never seen a video-tape before, took it out of the box and began shaking it. Her husband asked her what she was doing. She replied, 'Shaking the tape. It says on the tape 'Shake before use'.' Her husband informed her that the name of the film was 'Shake before use'!

My personal favourite is probably an urban legend. A man read the instructions on a tin of beans. It said, 'Open tin and stand in boiling water to heat.' He promptly stood in a bowl of hot water holding the tin of beans in his hand!

So, whatever your phobias, new technology is here to stay, until someone comes along and invents something else we can't use.

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2. This dislike of new technology has only appeared recentlyis nothing newis very unusual these daysJe ne sais pas

3. People were warned not to use matches to light electricitythat electric switches were dangerousabout the benefits of gasJe ne sais pas

4. The first woman couldn't cook anythingknew how to use the egg-timerwanted a new recipe for eggsJe ne sais pas

5. Her friend told her to fry the egg insteadto put the egg-timer in the waterhow to use an egg-timerJe ne sais pas

6. The woman broke the egg-timerbroke the eggbroke both the egg and the egg-timerJe ne sais pas

7. The second woman shook the video tapeknew how to use the video tapetore the video tapeJe ne sais pas

8. 'Shake before use' was a recommendation by the makerswas the name of the filmis a good idea when you use a video tapeJe ne sais pas

9. The writer's favourite story is a personal experienceprobably not truedefinitely trueJe ne sais pas

10. The man stood in the water because the instructions were not clearhe thought it referred to himthat was recommended by the manufacturerJe ne sais pas