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series of tubes
A phrase used by US senator Ted Stevens in 2006 to describe the workings of
the internet. "It's a series of tubes!", "The internet is not a big truck"
and "what happens to your own personal internet?" soon became viral phrases.
This rambling and highly incoherent speech about the internet - difficult
to really tell whether it was for or against net neutrality - is a classic
example of a suit who doesn't really understand the technology nevertheless
attempting to appear authoritative.