Because this level of dumbness deserves to be shared (& birthday thanks at the end)

[clair_de_lune]

Once upon a time a young lady - we'll call her Lune - decided to move the furniture in her office. She moved and moved stuff, because she moved furniture the same way she wrote - she edited a lot. At the end of the day, things were roughly where they were supposed to be. Lune thought it was time to dust off a bit her desktop computer, Deskie, and

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[tuesdaeschild]

Poor Lune. What a sad (and expensive!) little story?! :(

Although it has to be said that there's a certain person (shall we call her Foxy?) who would have been perfectly capable of calling Techie then finding out she hadn't plugged the electrical item into the power socket. What? Okay, yes I've done that before!!

So there's a certain sisterhood in this unfortunate episode! Don't be too hard on yourself, my dear.
*hugs you*

And you're welcome! :)
♥

P.S. You got away with needing a beta - while not perfect this is a perfectly readable tale and, really, isn't that the point?! :)

[clair_de_lune]

Ahem, that Foxy *shakes head* Maybe she can get away pretending she was used to laptops, and laptops don't necessarily need to be electrically plugged? :-p

PS: I'm too silly to find the proper button on a computer I use on a daily basis, so how can I be expected to use proper grammar anyway? ;)

[tuesdaeschild]

Yes, that Foxy indeed!! If only it was a laptop! This was my original desk top from around 13 years...I knew nothing about digital technology back then!! I'm not saying I know much more now! *sighs*

P.S. Ah, but this is grammar in a language that is not your mother tongue!! It's harder!! *hugs*

[bleodswean]

Hee! Thanks for sharing! Funny but frustrating! One time I FREAKED out at the gas station because my brain was telling me that one dollar was comprised of sixty cents not a hundred and the gas pump was panicking me with its countdown and I didn't have enough cash.

[clair_de_lune]

Well, time is money so maybe there's some logic in confusing the amount of cents in a dollar and the amount of minutes in an hour and... No, I'm sorry: MWAHAHA!!

It's nice to know I'm not alone in temporary silliness ;)

[scribblecat]

This gave me much Sunday belly laughs. And you are not alone with these brain glitches that cost money. I'm sorry it happened to you!

[clair_de_lune]

It's not the first time I've confused the buttons - but usually, it's because I press it automatically and I realize right away what's going on *rolls eyes*

At least, I made you laugh *g*

[halfshellvenus]

Oh, dear. It's as if the brain gets a wrong idea, and gets stuck on it-- and forgets everything it previously knew!

I wish I could say I had no idea what that was like. ;)

I hope the birthday itself was good, regardless of this little incident looming over you. :)

[clair_de_lune]

It's as if the brain gets a wrong idea, and gets stuck on it

It's exactly what happened - you have no idea how many times I pressed the dvd button in two days, just in case the computer would magically decide to work again. I'd 'killed' a power supply unit before roughly in the same situation. Because of that, when I cleaned the back of the computer the other day, I thought maybe it wasn't a good idea: it looks like I conditioned myself.

I guess at some point, we all have those moments where our brain misfires. In that case, I just wish said misfiring was a bit less expensive...

The birthday was good :)

(And I'm not forgetting the fic ;))

[torigates]

Happy belated birthday!

[clair_de_lune]

Thanks a lot :) (and sorry for the late reply! It looks like I'm running for the Worst LJ-er Award...)