It's been working through the Netflix queue for, oh, a year plus a few months now?
The kicker.when I hit the open button on the DVD player remote? The DVD player jammed.
"Augh! Buffy broke the DVD player! Hit the button. No, not that button. The."
We watch the "OPEN" leds flash for a while. I hit the power button on the remote. Oz reaches over to press more buttons on the player. He shoves the DVD player further back on the shelf, then tries to pull it out again.
"No, not that button! Wait . No."
He's waving his fingers over all the buttons and I just know he's going to start randomly hitting them. He says, "I'm not hitting any buttons." (Yeah, not this instant, but we know that's going to change.)
Finally, "OFF" stops blinking and the damn thing is all the way off.
"Okay, now hit the open button."
He does. We wait. He starts reaching for the buttons again, but before he can poke anything, the drawer slides out. He pops Buffy back into the envelope and seals it.
We are done.
189 words | May 13, 2006 10:00 PM | Real true story