And in the future, everything will be done on the internet!

I was reading this BBC News Magazine piece about 'Internet Refuseniks', mainly in the hope of it containing some horribly libellous statements about people who refuse to use the internet, on the grounds that they'd never see them and be able to sue over them.

However, there was one quote in there to point and laugh at:

"I think the internet will eventually become like running water - the idea that someone does not have running water is seen as bad.(")

Yes, there are so many parallels between the internet and running water. One's an essential thing necessary for life, and providing simple access to it for people in their homes helps prevent disease and the other's a useful tool, though one you can live quite happily without (I know those last seven words may seem quite shocking to some of you, but I'm assured it's true by the several billion people in this world who do without it).

So please, if you're going to make analogies, think about what you're saying, or just remember that there are still people in this country, let alone elsewhere in the world, who don't have phones or televisions and seem to be doing perfectly well without.