Whatever that's about
Preparing a Christmas Quiz - what? If supermarkets can already feel the thrill of Jesus' foetus developing safely within Mary, why can't I? - I ran out of ideas, so I started pinching questions from other compilers. Among many boring historical, religious and theological ones, this attracted my particular attention:
"What did the first ever SMS text message, sent December 3rd 1992, read?"
I was sure it would be 'Can't talk now', 'Battery running out', or 'The meeting is so bloody boring. Boss - complete asshole. Lunch together later at 'Roberto's'?' But no: apparently* it was 'Merry Christmas!' Cute.
(But a little strange. Shouldn't some kind of foreword about the whole idea - remember: it was allegedly the first text message ever - have proceeded it? I'd freak out if suddenly my talking machine started displaying life-changing texts...)
I must be freaking old:
I remember when mobiles used to look like that
*Well, must be true: Wikipedia says so: ...SMS messaging was used for the first time on 3 December 1992, when Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old test engineer for Sema Group in the UK[2] (now Airwide Solutions),[3] used a personal computer to send the text message "Merry Christmas" via the Vodafone network to the phone of Richard Jarvis...[4]
P.S. Just in case, because I'll probably forget, knowing myself: Merry Christmas!
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