*The remote control… errr, my mobile phone!
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
Philippines
April 17, 2017 3:11am CST
I always leave the computer after 3 PM because I have to watch intently my favorite afternoon drama series, which is a 45-minute show, equivalent to3 hours for 2 shows.
My son went out, my sister is washing her clothes, and I am resting and watching TV. I am so engrossed that if commercial advertisements break the series, I would switch the channel to other stations; but then, a few minutes ago, I could not change the channel even if I am holding the TV remote control, and pointing at the TV set.
I laughed softly, because what I was pointing at the TV was my mobile phone. Of course the size of the remote control and my phone are different (RC is long and heavy while my phone is a bit square and light).
No, that is not dementia, or forgetfulness, but I sometimes do this unintentionally if my concentration is preoccupied on something. There are more instances with similar occurrence.
How about you? Do you do this too?
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
17 Apr 17
I can understand you doing that. Sometimes, I also do that way.
I even posted was before that inadvertently , I took the small glass that I had in my side table because I was eating chips and dip it there to drink water, thinking that it was my glass of water just beside that small glass of vinegar. 
Are you watching The Greatest Love. It's saddening that one of the two Gloria and Peter will die. Have you seen it already, i suppose because you are at home?
Are you watching The Greatest Love. It's saddening that one of the two Gloria and Peter will die. Have you seen it already, i suppose because you are at home?4 people like this
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
17 Apr 17
@ridingbet I have just watch at iwantv the episode last 12th. He indeed went to a lawyer. Sad, that he has to leave Gloria ahead. 
No, Maundy Thursday, I was just at home. Good Friday up to Black Saturday , I went to our hometown. Easter Sunday , attended the mass then after that we went to my hubby's cousin's thanksgiving/belated wedding anniversary celebration.
I was indeed hardly here. I missed you too.
No, Maundy Thursday, I was just at home. Good Friday up to Black Saturday , I went to our hometown. Easter Sunday , attended the mass then after that we went to my hubby's cousin's thanksgiving/belated wedding anniversary celebration.
I was indeed hardly here. I missed you too.1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
@SIMPLYD really, i miss our conversation about The Greatest Love, and this is coming to an end this Friday.
are you watching Wildflower starring Maja Salvador?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
17 Apr 17
i had the hunch that peter will go ahead of Gloria based on the preview last week, and he giving his money (inheritance) to the children of Gloria. that is more apinful, because at last, Gloria recognized him as her love one.
yes, i am always at home, my lady, but tomorrow morning, i will be out to attend the mass for the burial/interment of the deceased mother of my colleague.
i missed you;i thought you spend the Holy Week in another place?
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
17 Apr 17
Yeah I think it happened to me also but not remote control but with other things. I understand that you are also mylotting while watching your favorite afternoon show.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
17 Apr 17
yes, but i leave the desktop once it is 3PM or after Showtime because i want to watch The Better Half and The Greatest Love in full. but now, i am just listening to the dialogue in the TV show, and i am back on desktop again
@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
17 Apr 17
I must confess I have done this too.. though not with a cell phone.. I usually pick up remote for TV instead of cable or maybe even the remote for the air conditioner... one time I remember picking up my house phone.. although that is a similar shape and size.. - it's too funny
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
18 Apr 17
@ridingbet there are too many here.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
hahaha! if all the remote controls in your home look the same, then you will surely use one for the other.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
19 Apr 17
@minx267 our RC is covered with plastic so it won't get stained, and it won't get jarred when it falls. hahaha...
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
17 Apr 17
Once yes as I was carrying the phone with me into the other Room and I switched the Television on and so was carrying the two things together at the same time.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
18 Apr 17
@ridingbet
Of course and thank you and the other day I had the phone in one hand and the remote control in the other and was going to answer the remote control.
We all do things like that on and off.
We all do things like that on and off.1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
so, it is not only me who does this. welcome to the club, my friend
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
19 Apr 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 yes, and unintentionally, we do these things. good thing nobody sees us, so we can laugh at our own 'mistakes'.
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@Shavkat (137168)
• Philippines
19 Apr 17
@ridingbet I do watch TV but not that often. lol
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
right, because you don't watch TV, right? how about mistakenly writing in your pad using a spoon? hahaha!
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
19 Apr 17
@Shavkat but you do watch news on TV,right? sure you don't listen over the radio, right?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
17 Apr 17
i don't think there is an app for that, unless the TV unit or the remote control is universal.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
17 Apr 17
but of course, you also remove your phone from the plug once they are fully charged, right?
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@jstory07 (134188)
• Roseburg, Oregon
18 Apr 17
@ridingbet Yes but it stays in the bedroom otherwise that cell phone wonders all over the place and we find it in the strangest places.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
@jstory07 here at home, the RC is either with me, or my sister, who sits far from me, so when i ask her to change the channel, she tells me to do it (because she plays candy crush on the phone), and i need to stand up. yes, when she plays, her butt is already stuck in the chair.
@LadyDuck (457152)
• Switzerland
18 Apr 17
@ridingbet My husband does not like to watch sports, but he always keep the remote near him. We only watch movies.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
19 Apr 17
@LadyDuck DVD tapes or what is shown in your cable network? i too, always have the RC, like now, because i am watching movies, that are repeatedly shown. right now, The Immortals is showing in the community channel.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
hahaha! it seems many husbands are in charge of the RC. maybe they are more into TV watching? basketball and football games certainly makes them the holders of the TV RC.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
so, is your husband always watching TV?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
yes it is, or they are. the 2nd one is where i always get misty because it is about a woman with Alzheimer's disease.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
19 Apr 17
i hope an inventor will do that. a universl remote control that should include switching off lights, garage, phone, TV, the vacuum cleaner; practically everything, then we as humans, will be taken over my machines.
@DianneN (246336)
• United States
19 Apr 17
@ridingbet Yes, he does, but he also told me that he's in charge of the remote control. He can have it, because I'm in charge of him!
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
19 Apr 17
@DianneN oh. hahaha! suddenly, i recall a 'reminder' printed in the cup of my late uncle. it said, "i am the boss in this house, and i have my wife's permission to say so".
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
hahaha! so, your husband watches TV more than you do, right?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
19 Apr 17
really? so i thought i was alone. there are many of us.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
indeed, they are truly engrossing. The Greatest Love will end this Friday, but another one is also good to watch.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
17 Apr 17
My cell phone is always in my waist with a holster like case and clip, ready to draw if I want to instantly Mylot. the remote is controlled by my mother because it keeps getting lost if my children use it so no it does not happen to me.
the remote is controlled by my mother because it keeps getting lost if my children use it so no it does not happen to me.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
you mean, it is upside down, or the laser , even if you continuously press the RC, does not connect to the TV because the laser flashes in you? i sometimes do that too, and i thought the batteries are already drained.
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
17 Apr 17
Sometimes I find myself not thinking - doing odd stuff too. It's alright :-)
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
yes, especially if we are concentrated to one situation, and other things are on the backseat.
@amitkokiladitya (171938)
• Agra, India
17 Apr 17
Yeah..these things do happen attimes. Enjoy your show
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