Let me ask you a question: Who has charge of the remote control in your house? I bet the answer isn't any female member of the family. Since their invention, the remote control has always been the province of the man of the house. Let's face it, men, we can't get along without it. We have to have it beside us at all times while watching the box, especially in this digital age of multiple channels. It gives us a sense of power to be able to flip nonchalantly between channels on a whim with no regard whatever for our partners and or kids who have been watching a programme for some time only to suddenly find that they can no longer follow the plot because we have decided to have a look at what is on the other channels.
What it is , is that we like to know what is on all of the channels all of the time in case we are missing anything good. The fact that we never actually SEE anything all the way through is not as important as the fact that we have TOTAL CONTROL over at least one aspect of family life... How on earth did we manage before this electronic marvel, when we would have had to get up off our behinds and change channels manually? We used to wait until our wives went to make a cup of tea and ask them to change it whilst they were passing! But now, that is all in the past! We are in control! We can watch what we want, when we want! We can...wait a minute! there's something interesting on BBC3.. no, hang on, ... is that a new film on 4? Did I just see Jordan take her kit off on ITV2?........
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