"Electronic Devices"

First, let me warn you, this may be one of those stories where you just had to be there to think it was funny:

The other day when my flight from Oakland slammed into Burbank a calculator came flying down the aisle towards the back of the plane. The flight was relatively empty and there were only a couple of us sitting in the back so the guy across the aisle from me picked up the calculator and called the flight attendant. She came over and as he proceeded to hand it to her,he said "Somebody lost their calculator". She says I'll make an announcement. By this time, we are already up and waiting for the back stairs and she (standing next to us) gets on the intercom and makes the following announcement: "If you have lost an electronic device please be notified that I have it at the back of the plane".

The guy who had picked it up and I look at each other and just burst out laughing. Everyone on the plane is now looking through all of their bags in a half panic wondering if they had lost their cell phone, ipod, laptop, pda, headset, you name it. I doubt that anybody was looking for their calculator. Also, how many people on the plane even had a calculator (2??) versus how many had other "electronic devices" (80?). By stating that it was a calculator she would have eliminated a huge percentage of the population right off the bat, instead she had the whole plane freaking out. (Except for me and the guy in the back who were both still laughing as we walked through the airport.)

By the way, I looked up "Electronic Device" on the Internet and below is what it returned. I don't know why but I think it is really, really funny. I especially like the actual definitions for "electronic device" and "device". I am sure that as you read this you are thinking "she is crazy", chances are this isn't the first time that has crossed your mind and it probably won't be the last.

Noun
electronic device - a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically
answering machine - an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages
beeper, pager - an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
defibrillator - an electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation
device - an instrument invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
display - an electronic device that represents information in visual form
display adapter,- an electronic device that converts information in memory to video output to a display
generator - an electronic device for producing a signal voltage
deaf-aid, hearing aid - an electronic device that amplifies sound and is worn to compensate for poor hearing
computer mouse, mouse - a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad;
artificial pacemaker, pacemaker - an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker
PDA, - a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
repeater - (electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again; "repeaters can be used in computer networks to extend cabling distances"
digital scanner, image scanner, scanner - an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer
trackball - an electronic device consisting of a rotatable ball in a housing; used to position the cursor and move images on a computer screen; "a trackball is essentially an upside-down mouse"