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 recommended office with windows.
COSTELLO: I already
have an office and it has windows! OK, let's 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 it's 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
are three words in office for windows!
ABBOTT: no, just one. But it's 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: 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.