Furbies
and a $20 bill
17 January, 2000
birdhomes-handcrafts@worldnet.att.net mikeb@idirect.com
Subject:
Homemade Birdhouses....................
Date:
Mon, 17 Jan 2000 04:33:27 +0000
From: Birdhomes Handcrafted
To:
If you enjoy birdhouses please take a look at ours. Just place (BIRDHOUSES) in the subject line of the email address of : prov780@cs.com And we will send you our pictures
God Bless.................!
Spam. Don'tcha hate it? Like I have nothing better to do than reply to unsolicited e-mail about bird-houses.
Matthew's aunt sent him a Furby for Christmas. It just arrived this morning. She thoughtfully sent batteries with it. And a spare set of batteries. I sense that I'm going to throttle that damn Furby before very long. It'll be like that scene in "2001 - A Space Odyssey" where Dave unplugs HAL the computer. I'll be unscrewing the cover for the batteries:
"Boo Mike, boo" (No Mike, no)
"dah/boh-bay Mike, dah/boo-bay" (Scared Mike, scared)
Taking the last screw out of the cover
"Boo/koo-doh/e-day" (Don't feel good)
"Kah-dah/boh-bay" (I'm scared)
"Why are you doing this to me Mike?" (Why are you doing this to me Mike?)
Taking the battery out
"Boo …" (No …)
On the bright side, Laa-laa's batteries have finally run out after nearly a year. Have we replaced them? Hell no!
Oh, and on the other bright side, Matthew's aunt also sent him US$20. He has no concept of the value of money yet.
"Matthew,
do you love Daddy?"
"Ummm, yes"
"Matthew, do you want to go for a swim?"
"Ummm, yes"
"Matthew, can Daddy have that $20?"
"Ummm, yes"
Kids are such fun.