If you need to get a hold of me, page me 911 first then your number
this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2024
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"Sorry. I have to return some video tapes" gets said constantly by American Psycho fans.
Try cleaning your mouse ball, see if that helps.
Damn, there's a paper jam in the fax machine again
Sadly, fax machines are very much still in use ....
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Can you give me directions to your house?
"Can I borrow that VHS?"
20 years ago it would have been DVDs. But even before that, we didn't call them "VHS"es. We called them tapes, or video tapes if we wanted to distinguish from audio tapes.
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"I'll show you the photos once I get them developed."
"Disco will never die."
And it never did. *sips beer*
"Dammit, my tape is stuck inside the VCR again!"
"99 cents for a song? Hell yeah. I'm never buying CDs again." (A reference to the iTunes Music Store launch)
"I ran out of free AOL time. Better get another demo disc"
Speaking of AOL, "yo, what's your AIM screenname?" (Replace "AIM" with your favorite messaging service at the time if you used that)
"Mom, can I have a PlayStation 2? -No. -But it plays DVDs."
"Oh, I can't wait to see the wonderful New York Twin Towers, I'm so excited for what's coming!" (I was too young to even remember the concept of different countries existing so I had no idea what "America" even was, let alone being confused about 9/11)
"I got slimed. It was so. Much. Fun."
"I'm so glad the United Kingdom won Eurovision, I can't wait to see how the next year's contest will turn out. Katrina was so amazing" (1997 was the last time the UK won)
"What a wonderful Saturday morning. Time to watch some cartoons."
"My phone has a NiCd battery, and it's almost out of juice so I can't just plug it in because I will ruin the battery. I have to wait until it literally turns off."
"Belgrade is the capital of Yugoslavia"
"Finally got my fresh new copy of Mac OS X. Time to see what's it's like." proceeds to stay on OS 9 for a few more years
That's all I can think of.
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"Don't call my home phone, I'll be out seeing the new Matrix so you can just page me instead."
I'm late for work at the Twin Towers!
Did you see Mozart's new concerto?
Iβm trying to start x-wing. Can you tell me the third letter of the fourth word of page 57?
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"You think Monica Lewinsky sucks or blows?"
Is that available for OS/2 Warp?