Out of the Blue

[Oct 02, 2009, 09:08 am ET] - 29 Comments

Odd thought that popped into my head for no reason in particular. Why are remotes called remote controls, rather than remote controllers? I can't figure that out, and I also can't figure out why I'm trying to.

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