by Joe the Phiddler January 15, 2012
The act of 'fiddling' enhanced by cyber (or other) technology to produce larger, faster, deeper and/or more wide ranging results. Similar to 'phishing' or 'phreaking'.
As John gave Simon a tour of the bank he remarked on how IT was revolutionising the business. "In the old days we had to fiddle the accounts manually. But new technology means we can phiddle the books digitally. In fact a single phiddling computer can do thousands of man-hours of traditional fiddling. And if we get caught, we just blame it on a computer glitch. No more oinks from accounts blubbing to the securities commission to get out of some jail time."
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When Little Johny's dad found out he had been virtually molested online, he called the local police and they asked them to come down to the station to make a statement.
"Where did the pedo touch you son?" enquired the gruff and be-moustached Police Sergeant as he started polishing his truncheon.
"You don't understand." replied Johny's dad. "He was phiddled with".
"Fiddled with?" said the policeman,
"No, phiddled with, on the internet. Like being phished but it has warped his fragile little mind." Johny's dad explained.
"You do understand that, as this is a verbal exchange, I can't actually tell the difference between fiddled with and phiddled with unless you over pronounce the 'ph'. It is probably best you say, 'phiddled with a P.H.' to prevent this confusion in the future. I'll have to send you down to our cyber crime division. They deal with all the 'ph' around here. I will get their number for you." The Police Sergeant turned away and seemed disgruntled as he put his truncheon back in the draw.
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When Little Johny's dad found out he had been virtually molested online, he called the local police and they asked them to come down to the station to make a statement.
"Where did the pedo touch you son?" enquired the gruff and be-moustached Police Sergeant as he started polishing his truncheon.
"You don't understand." replied Johny's dad. "He was phiddled with".
"Fiddled with?" said the policeman,
"No, phiddled with, on the internet. Like being phished but it has warped his fragile little mind." Johny's dad explained.
"You do understand that, as this is a verbal exchange, I can't actually tell the difference between fiddled with and phiddled with unless you over pronounce the 'ph'. It is probably best you say, 'phiddled with a P.H.' to prevent this confusion in the future. I'll have to send you down to our cyber crime division. They deal with all the 'ph' around here. I will get their number for you." The Police Sergeant turned away and seemed disgruntled as he put his truncheon back in the draw.
by 2Bears-in-a-trap June 27, 2021