Two Conversations: The Wiley Ways of the TV Equipments

Me: How did you do that? Matthew: Do what? Me: Turn off the TV like that. Matthew: I … used the remote? Me: But that’s the wrong remote! That’s the cable remote. You have to use the TV remote.Matthew: It’s a universal remote. Me: No!Matthew: Um. Me: It’s a miracle!Matthew: [Crickets.] BTW? I have had…

Me: How did you do that?

Matthew: Do what?

Me: Turn off the TV like that.

Matthew: I … used the remote?

Me: But that’s the wrong remote! That’s the cable remote. You have to use the TV remote.

Matthew:
It’s a universal remote.

Me: No!

Matthew:
Um.

Me: It’s a miracle!

Matthew:
[Crickets.]

BTW? I have had this set-up for over a year.

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Responses to “Two Conversations: The Wiley Ways of the TV Equipments”

  1. CruiserMel

    …and this is why I read your blog. Phenomenal. I think I’ve got 4, count ’em f-o-u-r remotes and I used at least 2 each time I turned my TV on and off, until I got a boyfriend. That’s what men are for.

  2. Anonymous

    If only boys would read manuals about how to operate other things so as to maximize satisfaction.

    –Taupey

  3. That Guy

    Are you SURE you’re not a 57 year old woman? Universal remotes have been around forever!

  4. Post*Boy

    If that is not the quintessential difference between cats and dogs, I don’t know what is.

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