This Very Polite Nan Asks Google A Question, Thank You Very Much

It's a well known fact that the older you get, the more you just don't 'do' the internet. No matter how many times we are shown how it's done, we just don't get it. 

But sometimes the world of old fashioned values meets the modern day worldwide web and what happens next is absolutely adorable. 

Take Ben's nan for example. When Ben John from Wigan opened up his nan's laptop, the last page she had opened appeared on the screen. It was a Google page with perhaps the politest search request ever made. 

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Omg opened my Nan's laptop and when she's googled something she's put 'please' and 'thank you'. I can't pic.twitter.com/hiy2tecBjU

— Ben John (@Push10Ben) June 9, 2016

Nan had asked the search engine a question - and had not forgotten her manners in the process. She'd typed: 'Please translate these roman numerals mcmxcviiii thank you.' 

Once he'd stopped laughing, he asked his nan why she'd used 'please' and 'thank you' to Google and she replies that she thought it was 'the norm'. 

@martynhett it's too much isn't it! I asked her about it and she just thought it was the norm

— Ben John (@Push10Ben) June 10, 2016

Ben posted the photo to Twitter and Ben's nan has some super fans! 

@Push10Ben so cute, what an icon

— martyn (@martynhett) June 10, 2016

@Push10Ben @AmyRemeikis I LOVE HER

— Van Badham (@vanbadham) June 10, 2016

@Push10Ben @TheMichaelMoran One of the most British things I've ever seen. Bless her.

— (((Lauren))) (@MrsCupcake79) June 10, 2016

And then there are the more cynical fans...

@Push10Ben You’ll thank her when Google drones control the world. “Remember my nan would thank you when performing web searches…”

— Martin Bean (@martinbean) June 10, 2016

@Push10Ben @j_razor101 You laugh now, but when the machines become sentient and take over, your blood ties to her will save you from slavery

— Metal Monkey (@nfabb1980) June 10, 2016

Thanks Ben's nan for reminding us that there is no excuse for forgetting your manners. And the answer is 1998. You're welcome.