Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Conversations . . .

. . . with Ian.

Well, sort of. Lisa was talking to Ian via Skype, and this followed - not word-for-word, mind you, but the gist of it:

Lisa: Would you like to talk to Ian?

Me: Sure. {short conversation about gearboxes, driving yellow hotrods, etc.} Due to apparent blue screen of death on my computer, conversation ends.

Lisa (intending to fix my computer): Would YOU like to talk to Ian?

Mrs. B: Sure

Lisa (40 minutes later): Can I talk to Ian . . . PLEASE?
Growlings by at

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's a man/woman thing let's see if I can translate:

Man USA/UK chat for 3 minutes and discuss hotrod has an unusual ratchet gear shift with automatic gearbox but despite this the daughter managed not to pile it into the nearest park car. Conversation is interrupted with apparent blue screen of death.

Translation: Man USA/UK have established mutual respect, acceptable political divergence, likely sporting compatibility, inevitable shared hobby interests and agreed that violence between the two is not currently required, Man USA has a cool car, women are generally confusing and not to be trusted and that neither need to go to the toilet.

Woman USA Snr/Man UK chat for 40 minutes about a series of wide ranging subjects (many of which centre, confusingly, around the Bee Gees).

Translation: Woman USA Snr has established that Man UK will be allowed to talk to Woman USA Jnr in the future but needs to be allowed limited access to Man USA so as not to encourage him into bad ways. Man UK has established that, to some ears, he may sound like one of the Bee Gees. Woman USA Snr likes the Bee Gees and therefore is likely to arrive at any future face-to-face meetings unarmed.

Yep, I think that's about got it covered. :-)

8:12 AM
Lisa said...

LOL.... The only thing you might need to get out of your head is that not all Americans are armed with semi-automatic weapons..or even non-automatic weapons.. no knives, swords (most of us), billy clubs, baseball bats... etc.

We are just nice and easy to get along with. It's just the crabby ones who make the news. Honest.

12:46 PM
Jack said...

Lisa,

You know I have four of the six, and a couple of the etc.

Ian,

I had a bit of trouble getting my head around a poet who writes code, looks like a linebacker (Yank football term) and sounds like an MP. It's all good, though.

2:53 AM
Anonymous said...

Heh heh. I'm familiar with the phrase "linebacker" - and it's very accurate. :-)

Poetry and code are very similar things: many people think they can read either and claim their mastery but when it comes down to them demonstrating their art for public consumption they are generally found lacking. Not that this ever applies to me...noooo.

3:16 PM
gemmak said...

Very funny...the post and the comments, I really lol'd!

Er...do I need to actually understand the term 'linebacker' before October? You know what a muddle I got into over 'curved'!

11:43 PM

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