I've been informed that a tube is something one uses in labs for sample collection, and my mental image of a bag of noodle-like tubes was not correct.
@kristinmbranson They’re not selling the internet, that’s for sure.
@kristinmbranson I’m still stuck in 2006 — it’s a series of tubes!
@allysonsgro @kristinmbranson
From back in the early 2000s a "bag of tubes" evokes for me a cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitor or screen, even if its only one tube!