It’s a sketch of a monk who tries to read a book (as opposed to a scroll) when books were first introduced.
Enjoy!
Note: This video has English subtitles.
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I love this video for several reasons:
- I love books.
- I needed a laugh when I first saw this. And this one had me busting up.
- I worked in an IT department for 10 years. I answered quite a lot of help desk calls and usually ended up having to go out to the person’s desk. The mannerisms in this video are spot on! And the bit at the end when the book is flipped the wrong way was perfect. (A tangent: My favorite story from work was when a woman who usually called me once a week left me a voice mail. We had the same first name and when she left her message, she said, “Hi. This is …” only she gave my full name instead of hers. It seems she was that frustrated by her computer, she had lost all knowledge, including her own name. She never did catch her mistake, so at least she didn’t have to feel bad about that).
This video does make me wonder what it will be like when my parents try to read an ebook for the first time (although they are pretty tech savvy as compared to some, so I guess we’ll see. My brother will probably be worse. He still needs his kids to boot up the PC when he wants to play solitaire).
Was it good for you too? Comment or send me an email. I’d love to hear from you.
Sloan Parker