Starfish TV (and alternate theories)
My television is a starfish. A month an a half ago, my television’s power supply was fried in a power surge/dip. I’ve been putting off replacing it… which is good, because as it turns out, my TV is a starfish.
I had the most random of hunches this morning, and decided to try turning it on. And wouldn’t you know… it worked! I have no idea why it worked now, when it didn’t work one week, two weeks, or four weeks after the power issue. Apparently it just needed time to regenerate.
Alternate theory: it was a power dip that caused the initial damage, but the lightning storm last night caused a power surge which reversed the damage done by the power dip. Two wrongs make a self-repairing TV.
Alternate theory: my television is Roman Catholic too, and wanted to be able to receive news about the Pope’s condition.
Alternate theory: my neighbors bought a Fox Blocker, but installed it backwards, inadvertently blocking me from receiving any channel but Fox News. My TV wasn’t broken… I just only getting one channel. This morning they noticed their error.
Alternate theory: the insults of pre-adolescents in ragged clothing have caused me to develop a powerful imagination, Robin Williams style. I’m actually just staring at a black screen, and that multicolored goop I’m eating is actually the decidedly uncolored goop from my refrigerator that used to be a block of cheddar cheese.
Feel free to suggest others.
