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Are you obsessed with technology and gadgets? Do they rule your life?

Have you ever had this problem?

“If you’re finding yourself escaping to check your email when you’re having sex or in a moment that should be very relaxed, very tender, very intimate; when you should be giving 100 per cent to another person and you’re still yearning [for] the ‘get mail’ button, I think it’s a sign you’ve gone too far.”

Supposedly there was a divorce case in America triggered by the wife checking her Blackberry during sex.

How many of these things apply to you?

1. You forgot basic bodily functions - like eating, drinking, sleeping, going to the toilet. I think I’m OK here, apart from the occasional staying up to some ungodly hour when I’ve been obsessed with getting to the bottom of something.
2. You collect ridiculous accessories - nope, not me.
3. You check your email on Sunday … at 3 am - maybe a couple of times when I’ve done an allnighter on a work project
4. You know your mates by their online ‘handles’ rather than their real names - nah, nowhere near that geeky myself
5. Your favorite song goes “beep” - I download favourite songs to my phone and use them as ringtones … ringtones do not become my favourite songs.
6. Instead of laughing you say “LOL” - never.
7. You answer your mobile phone when you’re on a date - why not? But I haven’t gone so far as answering it while having sex, like Paris Hilton did in her film debut, “One Night in Paris” (which by the way I haven’t seen, so I’m only going by whats reported on this). We have managed to ignore the phone ringing at home while on the job, thats easy, even if its the cordless phone and its sitting on top of the bedside drawers. Ignoring the doorbell is more of a challenge, especially when the front porch runs right outside our bedroom window - “stop ringing, piss off, how long do they take to get the idea no-one’s home” are some of the thoughts that run through one’s mind, along with trying not to laugh, or make other noises.
8. You change their ‘outfits’ depending on their ‘mood’ - no, very plain vanilla here.
9. You own a Blackberry - never, ever, ever. I’m not that desperate to be contactable that I want email everywhere I go. Similarly, I don’t look forward to the day we’ll be able to use mobiles and email on airplanes … can’t imagine much worse than sitting in a plane with a bunch of loudmouths yapping away on their phones.
10. You speak in a secret language - Your favourite come-on line is “boot me up”. You finish directions to your house with the joke “Easy as an html”. You like to say about your age “I still have a lot of RAM in the old hard drive yet”. You like to say about your health “Better call in IT”. If I ever do any of these things, someone kill me, please.

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