Older, but no wiser
Andy Borrows' musings on life and all its confusion, contradictions, richness and opportunities
Monday, September 27, 2004
Sign of the times
Overheard on the train this morning...
Five year old: “What’s your favourite colour , Mummy?”
“Mummy, what’s your favourite number?”
“What’s your favourite animal?”
I smiled, thinking how the same conversation could have been heard in just about any era.
“What’s your favourite phone, Mummy?”
Eh??!!??
The fact of the mobile phone – an archetypal, brand-less mobile phone - being an intrinsic part of a 21st century 5-year-old’s view of the world I can understand. But get this - the distinction between brands of mobile phones has already driven it’s way deep into childhood existence. Whatever happened to a childhood of fluffy bunnies and rainbow colours? I must be getting old. Or have I said that before?
Five year old: “What’s your favourite colour , Mummy?”
“Mummy, what’s your favourite number?”
“What’s your favourite animal?”
I smiled, thinking how the same conversation could have been heard in just about any era.
“What’s your favourite phone, Mummy?”
Eh??!!??
The fact of the mobile phone – an archetypal, brand-less mobile phone - being an intrinsic part of a 21st century 5-year-old’s view of the world I can understand. But get this - the distinction between brands of mobile phones has already driven it’s way deep into childhood existence. Whatever happened to a childhood of fluffy bunnies and rainbow colours? I must be getting old. Or have I said that before?
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