Embarrassing Times

I owe everyone a Throwback Thursday post, so here ya go!  Not only is this a major throwback but one of the most embarrassing moments of my life!

Does anyone out there remember webtv?  Well, before everyone was running around with I-phones and I-pads, way before everyone had a lap top, a computer at home and even Google;  there was webtv.  This was the closest I could come to an Internet connection way back in the day.

Basically you hooked it up to your tv and I think the phone jack. The tv was your monitor. I used it to learn about the web and for email.  There was no hard drive (at least that I know of), no router, no CD drive, no floppy disc drive, NADA.  So if I wanted to include a picture in my email I had to hook up my camcorder and freeze the image. (Amazing how far things have come!)

My parents lived in a different state at the time.  One day hubby and I decided we'd send my parents a picture of ourselves.  We hooked up the camcorder, zoomed in on our faces, freezed the image, and clicked send.  

Skip a couple days ahead.  Camcorder is still hooked up to the webtv.   Everyone who knows me, knows I love to joke around.  One morning I saw the perfect opportunity.  As hubby was sleeping in bed (in only his tighty whiteys!) I decided to turn on the tv and camcorder, zoom in on him from waist down, and freeze the image.  I left it on the tv screen so he could see his photo when he woke up.  I went downstairs and started making breakfast.  

Later that morning, hubby came downstairs laughing at my little surprise I left him.

That evening I checked my email.  Someone had sent me a funny joke.  I forwarded it to my parents and to a friend of mine.

A couple of hours later the phone rang.

Me- "Hello?"

Mom- "Hey, I just got your email."

Me- "That was funny, right."

Mom- "Well, I guess if you think pictures of men in their underwear are funny."

OMG! Did I send her that picture of hubby in his undies???!!! (and I started freaking out slightly)

Me- "What?"

Mom- "Yeh, I just got the underwear picture of (insert hubby's name here) and don't even tell me it's not him because I recognize your comforter!"

Ay dios mio!  How in the heck did that happen!

I started apologizing profusely then I remembered....

OMG!  I forwarded that to my friend also!

I dialed her number.

Me- "Erica!"

Erica- "Hey."

Me- "Have you checked your email today?"

Erica- "No, why?  Do I need to?"
Me- "No!  Someone sent me a virus.  It has infected my webtv.  If you get any emails from me, IMMEDIATELY delete them!  Don't open it.  It will infect your webtv!"

Erica- "Oh, ok, thanks for letting me know."

Yes!  I dodged that one!  (as I wiped my forehead)

Now, how am I going to tell hubby that my mom has seen him in his underwear?

Luckily I think my mom has forgotten about the whole incident.  Hubby and I still laugh about this moment today.    

Does anyone remember webtv?  Feel free to share an embarrassing moment with me.... so I don't feel so alone ;)