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Inventor of TV remote control dies

Maroc's Astral ProjectionMaroc's Astral Projection
edited May 2012 in Chit chat
Eugene Polley, inventor of the TV remote control, has died at the ripe old age of 96. Imagine a world without his invention now :-o

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It was always called the 'doofer' in my house. What do you call your remote control?
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  • DarenDaren
    edited May 2012
    Have they tried turning his batteries round and smacking him against the coffee table?
  • STeaMSTeaM
    edited May 2012
    Daren wrote: »
    Have they tried turning his batteries round and smacking him against the coffee table?

    HAHA!! I quite literally spat beer all over the place there...

    :lol:
  • GreenCardGreenCard
    edited May 2012
    Maroc's Astral Projection wrote: »
    It was always called the 'doofer' in my house. What do you call your remote control?

    In ours, it was always "el chisme" ("the thing") for my folks. Me and my brother preferred "the remote", because that's what it was. :p
    STeaM wrote: »
    HAHA!! I quite literally spat beer all over the place there...

    :lol:

    Indeed. I'll be taking that one to work with me tomorrow. Thanks Daren. :wink:
  • beanzbeanz
    edited May 2012
    When I was a kid my dad had a voice operated remote to switch channels, me.

    Turn it over,

    turn it over

    Turn it back

    turn it up

    Get me a cup of tea.
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited May 2012
    "El mando" (the control), for me. :-)
  • deadpan666deadpan666
    edited May 2012
    I call it a doofer.....everybody else in my family calls it the "hing fur the telly!" :D

    R.I.P. Mr. Polley
    The Black Cauldron (PC)
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