Tuesday 10 November 2015

Phillip K Dick refrigerator

I got rather drunk last night and ended up laughing like a loon (in public) about an actor friend's latest Christmas TV commercial.

I was alerted to it by another actor friend, and because he plays the father of an adult woman for whom he is babysitting, I had been instructed to shout out, "Grand Dad!" the next time I see him in Waitrose.

I looked up the commercial on You Tube, then - blow me (not you, John) - he popped up under a comment of mine left on the Facebook page of yet another actor friend. It being gone 1.00am and me being somewhat pissed, I shouted out 'GRAND DAD!" in large print on the page. It seemed like too much of a coincidence not to play with at the time. I should have left it at that, but I ended up loading the actual film under the comment, and I am not sure he would have wanted this. Oh well.

I had gone onto Facebook to open myself up to comments by you lot, which was probably another mistake. I am still not sure if I have, because this Facebook thing is still a bit of a technical mystery to me. People who are veterans in the medium keep pointing out breaches of protocol which I am making in ignorance, and I have been hacked into about three times so far in my brief career. As if I would post up pornographic films on my own page!

I started off with the strict intention of being a single-issue poster on Facebook, but every time I look at it, I get the nagging feeling that I have been missing out on a wild party which has been going on for years without me, and when you add booze to the mix, I end up gatecrashing it when everyone else is going to bed. It was Monday night, for God's sake - actually, it was Tuesday morning.

I really must look into adapting one of those gadgets which disable the ignition system on your car if it detects alcohol on your breath, and fit the modified version of it onto the computer so it locks me out of public arenas if it senses inebriation. Post-It notes would be no deterrent, and I don't think people use them anymore anyway.

I suppose I could always get one designed by VW. That would allow me a bit of leeway when it comes to parts per millilitre in the bloodstream.

17 comments:

  1. The title refers to a Philip K Dick book in which the character has to negotiate with his fridge if he wants to get anything out of it to eat, and has not kept up payments with the supermarket contracts.

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  2. You've spelt Philip two different ways. (I'm naturally sensitised to the issue). One 'L' is quite sufficient.

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    1. Thanks. Someone has also corrected my spelling today, so you are not the first.

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  3. Perhaps you do not need a fb page; you have all those friend's pages to post on.

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    1. My thinking too Joanne and Tom. Might be fun for a while, but too much chance for getting into trouble.

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    2. That's been my thinking for years.

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  4. Avoid facebook has always been my motto. Your post has just underlined for me how right I am, Tom.

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  5. FB is for young people being endlessly nice to each other. Non pc witticisms of our generation do not go down too well.

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    1. I am only just realizing this fact

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    2. It is also for older people - like actors - trying to either sustain or build their careers. I fall into neither category.

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  6. I find people can be pretty nasty to each other on fb too. We had a suicide attempt last week locally due to rumours on fb. The poor guy couldn't take what was being said. There's also the tagging and pictures scenario. Friendships broken over not being invited to a party etc. Still I'm on it. Great to keep tabs on my family

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    1. Yes, it can be useful for spying on your children.

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  7. I still use Post-it notes..every day....and I never joined the book of face.

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    1. Can you still see the screen? I am going to start something called 'Sitonmyfacebook'.

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    2. Now that is too funny. As I said, you're a mess.

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