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Uncle Ed follows Hillary's example and conducts an imaginary dialogue
What is a carriage, and why do I have to return it?
What is a carriage, and why do I have to return it?
This question may perplex todays' generation of computer-literate youth, just as the term horseless carriage may mystify some. How can you have a horse-drawn carriage with the horse pulling it?
This question may perplex today's generation of [[computer literacy|computer-literate]] youth, just as the term [[horseless carriage]] may mystify some. How can you have a horse-drawn [[carriage]] with the [[horse]] pulling it?
*Oh, you mean a car!
*Oh, you mean a [[car]]!
*:No, an [[Automobile]]. It moves by itself, with nothing pulling it.
*:No, an [[Automobile]]. It moves by itself, with nothing pulling it.
*Dude, it's still a car (grin).
*Dude, it's still a car (grin).
Well, it has to do with [[typewriter]]s.
*You mean a word processer without a computer chip?
Er, <s>exactly</s> something like that. Now where was I?