Thursday, February 3, 2011

Fateful Technology - 55




Technology was her friend,
always there when she needed it,
 helping her to keep in contact with clients and friends:
 Facebook; eBuddy; Blogger; the entire world wide web at her finger tips.
Her life was complete
until technology turned on her.
Crushed by a cell phone tower when a single faulty bolt sealed her fate.
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34 comments:

Caty said...

Ouch!!

Anonymous said...

Grim! Technology's got a mind of her own and when she bites back... watch out. :)

G-Man said...

Wow MM...
What an uplifting post!!!
Hahahahahahaha...
Tower of Power!
I just LOVE accidental Death 55's!
Thanks for the surprise My Friend, thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End...G

moondustwriter said...

Bummer - Ok the techno gods were angry or the spouse

Cloudia said...

wow.

ironic?


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Always Write said...

she sounds a bit obsessed well up until the point she was buried

Katherine Krige said...

ahhh!

haha. The irony. Like it

Brian Miller said...

nice...the machines will rise one of these days...i am pretty convinced Facebook is first generation Skynet you know...

Janna said...

The sad part is she didn't even have time to Tweet about it....

Thanks for another Friday 55!
Mine's here. :)

Sharon Day said...

Oh dear. So what does one do without the Internet? Meet her neighbors? That's more scary than strangers online.

RNSANE said...

What a way to go. I've always been a bit afraid of technology!

Belinda Munoz said...

And some might say it was only fitting. Thanks to this fabulous 55, I won't be walking anywhere near any tech towers from now on.

the walking man said...

At least she died doing something she loved.

MorningAJ said...

That's a bit too close for comfort!

Woke up this morning to large bits of tree dropping off next to my front door - blown across from the churchyard.

If the computers don't get you the timber just might. ;)

Scott M. Frey said...

we're only as strong as our weakest bolt lol

izzy said...

Those dang cheap bolts! thanks!

Julie Ferguson said...

Ouch, poor dear!

clean and crazy said...

oh what a wicked little monkey you are!! i love this 55!!

TALON said...

Perish the thought! :)

Loved it, Monkey Man.

Bubba said...

Is that irony, or just iron-y?
Nice 55, Double-M!

(And kudos on the Yahtzee!)

Anonymous said...

Can't help but laugh.

Maude Lynn said...

Ouch! Was it an AT&T tower? They've been killing me for years.

Anonymous said...

LOL. Yeah, that's ironic.

Margaret said...

Ah yes, when the "power" takes over.... LOL ...kind of like the zomies? Or will they be working together?

anthonynorth said...

Loved the irony.

Enchanted Oak said...

I love these moments of foresight. Or hindsight. Or whatever this form of cruelty is, sightwise.
Free advice coming out of the woodwork!

Mister Sharaf said...

nice post

Jerry said...

fateful indeed. i won't stand under any towers.

Linda said...

Interesting thoughts. Who knew technology could be so dangerous. Nice 55.

lime said...

now that's a tragic irony!

Larry said...

you'll find my Sunday 160 at the end of the link hope you like the sunday-160

whoa dude

joanna said...

a fateful day --- someone once said "I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by mediocre"

joanny

Jannie Funster said...

Dang those cell phoe towers! Right up there with being hit by flying Toyota Corollas from tornadoes.

xo

nitewrit said...

I apologize. I thought clicking on my name or Icon in the comment would take you to my home page. Now I realize this takes you to my profile. I will put a link next time. The one for this 160 Challenge poem "Commuters" is http://lemoldman.blogspot.com

Larry