kdw wrote:
As far as being pretty and witty, there are lots of different types of wits...half, dim, nit...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri7O3o1fsRc DJ-69: Take a seat please. To preclude the variable factor inherent in the human equation, we have instituted this new electronic personnel procedure requiring... Your name, please.
Peter: What?
DJ-69: Thank you. Last name: What. And your first name, Mr. What?
Peter: N - It's not 'What'.
DJ-69: Notwhat. Mr. Notwhat What.
Peter: Wait a minute, that's not my name at all. My name is...
DJ-69: [interrupting] Occupation?
Peter: ...Peter, ya dig? Pete.
DJ-69: You dig peat. Occupation: Peat Digger. And your mother's maiden name?
Peter: Thompson.
DJ-69: Mother's name: Thompson. Sex, please?
Peter: Female, of course.
DJ-69: All right, Mrs. Notwhat.
Peter: No, my *mother* is female.
DJ-69: What do you do in your spare time, Mrs. Notwhat?
Peter: Listen, I'm a man!
DJ-69: In your spare time, you are a man.
Peter: Oh no, no, that's not it at all. You've - First of all, you've got my name wrong.
DJ-69: Correction: Name misspelled. Please give correct letter.
Peter: Well, I...
DJ-69: [interrupting] Correct letter is 'I'. Name is not Notwhat, but Nitwit.
Peter: Oh, brother...
DJ-69: Brother is also a Nitwit.
Peter: Now, just a minute!
DJ-69: That will do, Nitwit. Test complete. Interview ended. Application rejected.
[a dismissive bell sounds]
Peter: Give me a chance.
Secretary: [door to interview chamber opens] I'm sorry, you're rejected.
Peter: Why do I have to talk to a machine? Why couldn't I talk to a human being?
DJ-69: Because, Nitwit, a machine avoids the human error, the human error, the human errroorrrrr...
[machine runs down]
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