Who's Mac?
Costello calls and wants to buy a computer from Abbott…
ABBOTT: Super
Duper Computer Store. Can I help you?
COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up
an office in my den, and I'm thinking about buying a computer.
ABBOTT:
Mac?
COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.
ABBOTT: Your computer?
COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one.
ABBOTT:
Mac?
COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou.
ABBOTT: What about
Windows?
COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?
ABBOTT: Do
you want a computer with windows?
COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I
see when I look in the windows?
ABBOTT: Wallpaper.
COSTELLO:
Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.
ABBOTT: Software
for windows?
COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use
to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What have you got?
ABBOTT: Office.
COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend
anything?
ABBOTT: I just did.
COSTELLO: You just did what?
ABBOTT: Recommend something.
COSTELLO: You recommended
something?
ABBOTT: Yes.
COSTELLO: For my office?
ABBOTT:
Yes.
COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?
ABBOTT:
Office.
COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!
ABBOTT: I recommend office
with windows.
COSTELLO: I already have an office and it has windows! OK,
lets just say, I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do
I need?
ABBOTT: Word.
COSTELLO: What word?
ABBOTT: Word
in Office.
COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.
ABBOTT:
The Word in Office for Windows.
COSTELLO: Which word in office for
windows?
ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue "W."
COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue "w" if you don't start with some
straight answers. OK, forget that. Can I watch movies on the Internet?
ABBOTT: Yes, you want Real One.
COSTELLO: Maybe a real one,
maybe a cartoon. What I watch is none of your business. Just tell me what I
need!
ABBOTT: Real One.
COSTELLO: If its a long movie I also
want to see reel 2,3&4. Can I watch them?
ABBOTT: Of course.
COSTELLO: Great, with what?
ABBOTT: Real One.
COSTELLO:
OK, I'm at my computer and I want to watch a movie. What do I do?
ABBOTT: You click the blue "1."
COSTELLO: I click the blue one
what?
ABBOTT: The blue "1."
COSTELLO: Is that different from the
blue w?
ABBOTT: The blue 1 is Real One and the blue W is Word.
COSTELLO: What word?
ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.
COSTELLO: But there's three words in "office for windows"!
ABBOTT: No, just one. but its the most popular Word in the world.
COSTELLO: It is?
ABBOTT: Yes, but to be fair, there aren't many
other Words left. It Pretty much wiped out all the other Words out there.
COSTELLO: And that word is real one?
ABBOTT: Real One has
nothing to do with Word. Real One isn't even Part of Office.
COSTELLO:
Stop! Don't start that again. What about financial bookkeeping you have anything
I can track my money with?
ABBOTT: Money.
COSTELLO: That's
right. What do you have?
ABBOTT: Money.
COSTELLO: I need money
to track my money?
ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.
COSTELLO: What's bundled to my computer?
ABBOTT: Money.
COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?
ABBOTT: Yes. No extra
charge.
COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?
ABBOTT: One copy.
COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?
ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy money.
COSTELLO:
They can give you a license to copy money?
ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!
(LATER)
COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off??
ABBOTT: Click on "START"..........
~Anon