Who am I?!

Mom: "Facebook has been sending me some other woman's messages! It has my account and her account crossed!"

Me: "What do you mean? what happened?"

Mom: "I've been getting e-mails from Facebook that are written to someone else!"

The e-mails:
"X has tagged you in a photo"
"Y has commented on a photo of you"
"Z has commented on a photo of you"

Mom: "you see? 3 e-mails that are for someone else"

Me: "Mom, you were tagged in a photo, and you get a notification every time someone comments on it"

Mom: "But I'm not in that photo! it's a happy new year blessing. it's someone else's account!"

Finding Relatives

Me: "Do you have Jonathan's E-mail?"

Aunt: "I do not have his E-mail number."

Punctuation?

Text from my mom:

"How do you feel question mark"

[Contributed by Yiftach]

LOL, dad

It recently occurred to us, here, at LOLdads, that perhaps some of our readers would like to know of the inception of our blog.

Beginning on this day and continuing for about a month, my father chose to sign his emails in a most precarious manner:

The first email of interest was sent on 23 March, at 1607 local time, Jerusalem (GMT +2) and 0807 Chicago (GMT -6). From my father, Maynard, to me:

"...So skype me now or in the morning, either way i'll be on. LOL, dad"

Exhibit 2:

An email sent the same day at 1653 local time

"then back home probably by 3:30- 4:00 which i know is your midnite. some how there's another thing i need to do somewhere in there. lol me."

Exhibit 3:

March 27, 2010

"...P.S. Where is Mr. Bear these days ? Is he enjoying the dessert too ? LOL, me"

**notice the post script written before the salutation. And, just to embarrass myself a bit, Mr. Bear is my stuffed animal :)

Exhibit 4:

Sent April 10, 2010

"got your message.sitting w/ laptop open, but doing something else. by the time i closed that up, you were gone. sorry i missed you. what time tomorrow? lol me." Exhibit 5: April 12, 2010

"Have to go to starbucks. Its8:30pm your time , I'll be back by 9. Try me then.lol me."

Exhibit 6:

April 19, 2010

"I have to go back for a rolling pin later this week, so let me know. What diameter pin would be best if you had your choice? lol, dad"

Exhibit 7:

April 25, 2010

"Anything going on?

I'm tired, it's 2;25AM. Going to sleep now. bye, lol, dad"

I think we all see where this is going. When did "lol" become a salutation? I thought that it was something thirteen year olds used in IMing during the mid-90's. Oh well. I have to give the man some credit for learning how to use a computer after 35 years. That's right. Sadly, my father, who is so wise and sage-like in his knowledge, never got beyond a type writer.

At least LOL is better than the time he signed the email "TTFN".

*This is a revised post. To anyone who saw the original, I would like to apologize for mentioning anyone by name or including any personal stories in the post. It was recommended to me, by the LOLdads team, that we keep this as impersonal as possible. Which is funny because we're making fun of our families. And also I'm sorry for not having a unified font/size in the original post. Happy reading!

LOL, Elisa

"I managed to create a presentation for work all by myself, but for some reason it doesn't change slides when I click".

Size doesn't matter

Gradnpa: "I shot more than 700 photos while I was traveling, and I copied them all onto this Disc-on-Key. How come there are only 49 on it now?"

Father: "Dad, what's the size of your Disc-On-Key?"

Grandpa: "It says here 256. What, that's not enough for 700 photos?!"

[contributed by Olga]