Step away from the phone, Granddad! Unintentionally hilarious messages from older people who haven’t quite got to grips with texting

• Yahoo has rounded up unintentionally hilarious texts from elderly people
• Read More: Older people who haven’t grasped technology make some blunders 

Technology can be tough to keep up with even for the younger generation- so it’s no wonder some older people tend to struggle.

People from around the world have shared unintentionally hilarious texts from their parents and grandparents and Yahoo! collated the best into a gallery.

They include a dad who tried to use the speech to text dictation function on his phone and ended up sending their child a rambling message, mostly featuring the word ‘delete’.

When another parent also tried to use speech to text dictation, her phone picked up Law & Order on TV in the background, which alarmingly dropped the word murder into her congratulations text.

People from around the world have shared unintentionally hilarious texts from their parents and grandparents and Yahoo collated the best into a gallery. Including a dad who was trying to use the speech to text dictation function in his phone, but it went horribly wrong

Elsewhere a grandmother mistakenly texted her grandchild thinking it was Google and wondered how to get poo stains out of a rug

Elsewhere a grandmother mistakenly texted her grandchild, thinking she was using Google , revealing her quest to get poo stains out of a rug.

Meanwhile, another dad coldly replied ‘K’ to his son’s sweet happy birthday text message.

Here FEMAIL takes a look at some of the funniest text blunders made by older generations…

An adorable mother texted her child to let them know she bought Netflix, but gave the streaming service a new name 

Sale of the century! Maurice went onto Facebook marketplace to ask if things were still available for no reason  

It’s the thought that counts! A woman from the US received this text message from her grandmother and probably wished she hadn’t 

At least the message is clear! Elizabeth’s frustrated mother, from the US, was just really keen for her to answer the phone   

One way conversation! In another hilarious snap a mother from the US got confused and replied to her own text message she had sent to her daughter 

Call 911! Things could have taken a sinister turn if Linda hadn’t been quick to explain her blunder  

That’s dope! A grandfather mistakenly told his granddaughter to ‘get some good weed’ instead of something to eat 

While another dad hilariously replied ‘K’ to his son’s sweet happy birthday text message

A woman shared that her aunt had given birth birth and decided to share a snap of the newborn with her grandfather – only to receive this underwhelmed reply

An adorable grandmother tried her best to text her grandchild but it didn’t go to plan 

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