tapes
Laura: "I remember these kind of tapes."
me: "Hm?"
Laura: "You know, where you could record like three movies onto them?"
me: "No, those were VHS tapes."
Laura: "What are these?"
me: "They're Umatic. It's what TV stations used in the 80s. They're really big and clunky." (opens box) "See?"
Laura: "Oh, no, I don't remember those." (laugh) "I didn't work for a TV station in the 80s."
me: "I did. No I didn't."
Laura: "Yeah, I totally worked for..."
me: "You produced the local news, right?"
Laura: "Yes. When I was like ten."
me: "'Today's top story: My sister is a butt-hole!'"
Thirty years later, FoxNews would run it as: "Are the Liberal Butt-Hole Sisters Destroying America?"
me: "Hm?"
Laura: "You know, where you could record like three movies onto them?"
me: "No, those were VHS tapes."
Laura: "What are these?"
me: "They're Umatic. It's what TV stations used in the 80s. They're really big and clunky." (opens box) "See?"
Laura: "Oh, no, I don't remember those." (laugh) "I didn't work for a TV station in the 80s."
me: "I did. No I didn't."
Laura: "Yeah, I totally worked for..."
me: "You produced the local news, right?"
Laura: "Yes. When I was like ten."
me: "'Today's top story: My sister is a butt-hole!'"
Thirty years later, FoxNews would run it as: "Are the Liberal Butt-Hole Sisters Destroying America?"