Whenever I get an absurd email forward that sounds too good to be true or simply insane, my first instinct is to look it up on Snopes.  Nine out of ten times, I find it there, and I find that it is a false internet rumor – who would have thought?

Today at work, the following email exchange took place:

To: brah.john

From: Older Coworker

Check out this – I did not know this.

I quickly did my 10 seconds of research, and replied.

To: Older Coworker

From: brah.john

You can’t fool us whippersnappers.  We have teh internets.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/humor/batteryhack.asp

And then, as if he were paid to set himself up royally, he replied back.

To: brah.john

From: Older Coworker

At least us old farts know how to spell.  I’m not sure what “teh” means:)

Laughing hysterically in my cube, my response merely contained a link to the Urban Dictionary definition of “Teh Internets“, of which the first definition is:

teh internets:  A word often used scornfully to point out a newbie‘s lack of knowledge of the internet and distinctive language.  “OMG, liek, this is your first time on TEH INTERNETS!!!”

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