My inability to hold a conversation when there is a television in view, is a source of endless amusement for all of my family.  My mother will admonish me for watching telly, if I am a bit vague while talking to her on the phone. Everyone loves to have a dig about me and my square eyes.
But …. at least I can live with it off.  I have learnt to ignore kids shows, but I find I function better at home, if the telly is off, and I can listen to my music.
One of the annoying little foibles of my husbands, is his complete inability to function unless the TV is on. Most times he isn’t actually in the room, a lot of the time it isn’t something he is interested in, and his constant surfing of the channels is incredibly annoying. Its never surprising to come into the house on a Saturday morning, to find the cartoons running on one TV, the motor racing on the other, and hubby happily surfing the web on both his desk computer and his laptop.  If I turn anything off, I am told off, as “I’m watching that!” And holidays are a nightmare, as he continually surfs daytime TV, looking for something to watch …. or not watch.
Just turn the god damn! thing off …. and go do something constructive. And yes I know you will be reading this. 😛
