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Eve popped in to see how her mother was getting on with an old i-pad\u00a0she had given her. Over a cup of tea Ann, her mother told her how much she was enjoying the internet and Facebook, catching up with old friends and making some new ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One man had seemed so nice, living in America and widowed like her. Eve eyed her mother as she chattered on. Apparently, he wanted to hang out. Ann asked him where he wanted to meet. He explained there was an app for a chat room. Not being sure she told him she was just happy to chat on Messenger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u2018What colour\u2019s your hair?\u2019 he asked.        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Brown in summer and white in winter.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Send a snap of u,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ann explained she didn’t have any, and didn’t hear anything for a few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next thing a message came saying, \u2018Show me your tits.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I sent him a photo of both, Eve, as I didn’t know if he wanted a great tit or a blue tit.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eve spluttered in her tea, then noticed a twinkle in her mother\u2019s eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Now, show me your bare\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I quite like polar bears, Eve, so sent a photo of them.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, a silence for a few days. Then he wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018No, you naked<\/em>, lady.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time Eve gasped. ‘You didn\u2019t?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ann smiled. \u2018Your father never saw me naked, so why would I show a stranger. I sent him a photo of a naked statue.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018U stupid lady!\u2019 came his reply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018My reply, Eve, was to send a photo of the rear end of a donkey. Strangely enough I haven’t heard from him since.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took some time for them both to stop laughing. One up to mother, Eve thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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