Monday, August 27, 2007

Two Conversations: The Wiley Ways of the TV Equipments

Me: How did you do that?

Matthew: Do what?

Me: Turn off the TV like that.

Matthew: I ... used the remote?

Me: But that's the wrong remote! That's the cable remote. You have to use the TV remote.

Matthew:
It's a universal remote.

Me: No!

Matthew:
Um.

Me: It's a miracle!

Matthew:
[Crickets.]

BTW? I have had this set-up for over a year.

4 comments:

  1. ...and this is why I read your blog. Phenomenal. I think I've got 4, count 'em f-o-u-r remotes and I used at least 2 each time I turned my TV on and off, until I got a boyfriend. That's what men are for.

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  2. If only boys would read manuals about how to operate other things so as to maximize satisfaction.

    --Taupey

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  3. Are you SURE you're not a 57 year old woman? Universal remotes have been around forever!

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  4. If that is not the quintessential difference between cats and dogs, I don't know what is.

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