The study of professionals in accounting and finance found PDAs edging out world peace at the top of the average Yuletide wish list.
The survey, admittedly, was unclear, however, whether “PDA” stood for Personal Digital Assistant or Personal Display of Affection, but in either case it appeared on 45 percent of the professionals’ plans for lap-time with Santa.
That was one percentage point ahead of requests for peace on earth.
The only more popular choice was “a better memory of my own,” at 53 percent.
Apparently all but 14 percent already had an adequate desktop computer.
But 36 percent wouldn’t mind an ultra light laptop.
Almost as many wanted “wi-fi everywhere”, and a quarter of those polled wanted a GPS device to tell them where they were and which way to go, presumably while wandering around with their new ultra light wi-fied laptops.
Only nine percent needed a new business card scanner. Only twelve percent, apparently, had maxed out their hard drives, and 15 percent could use more computer memory.
Smart phones were near the top of the list, but one smart aleck said he’d prefer a dumb phone with a good signal to a smart phone with no signal. Whether either phone will reach Santa’s workshop — we sincerely hope neither will — remains unknown.
Departing from multiple-choice suggestions, over three dozen respondents indulged in more creative Christmas cravings.
One still wanted a ’67 Shelby GT500, another a Ferrari, another a T-bird, another a plane. Two wanted health, one sanity, one time.
A Blackberry, a cell phone, a watch, a TV, golf clubs, lots of digital cameras, a lifestyle pill for everything.
Money. Music. Many happy returns after April 15.
Nobody mentioned love. Not even sex. Or maybe that was included under PDA.
