[Philip-J-Fry]

I'd just say that you had an address for Facebook in your address book. The page somehow vanished and you don't know their address any more. So you start phoning other people and knocking on their door to try and find what their address is. Everyone else is doing this and no one knows what their address is. So you've got millions of people phoning each other and knocking on doors.

Facebook being down was already an issue, but everyone phoning and knocking on doors was causing disruption to everyone else.

[srcmap]

If your parent is startrek fan, tell him "Commander Data" transmitted a "sleep" command to BGP (Borg Gateway Protocol) collective.

As result, the borg collectives can access to network, even 7of9 can't enter the campus.