… or “A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Minutes.”
Ran out of printer ink. Put my last two cartridges in, took a good look at the packaging, and off I went to a business I shall call “Paperclips.”
Got to Paperclips, where they keep the expensive cartridges behind the counter. A Very Impatient Man was just two steps behind me, so when the Paperclip guy said" Can I help you?" I answered, “I think this gentleman was here first.”
Impatient Man said, “I’m here for ink cartrdiges for our printer.”
Paperclipper answered, “Do you know the cartridge number?”
Impatient Man looked offended and said, “No. It’s for either the NewFangled 8000 or the NewFangled 8005. I’m sure they take the same cartdiges, in any case.”
Paperclipper started looking over at the NewFangled cartridges - of course, each cartridge lists about 12 different models it suits. “Mm… 5000, 5001, 6000-A…” The Very Impatient Man started making some Very Impatient Noises. He shuffled, he squirmed, he looked at his watch. He sighed with a “harruff” noise.
So Paperclipper grabbed a catalog to hopefully find the cartridge number a little faster.
“A-ha!” said the employee of Paperclips. “Oh… the NewFangled 8000 and 8005, take different cartridges after all. Are you sure you don’t know which model you have?”
“Bah!” retorted Impatient Man, “Fine!..” He sighed and dialed his cellphone. “Hi, it’s me, do you know which printer we have, the 8000 or the 8005?.. Well, then go check! The guy behind the counter at Paperclips can’t find it!” :rolleyes:
While we were all waiting, Paperclipper turned to me and said, with a hint of chagrin in his voice: “You need printer cartidges?..”
“Yes,” I said, pointing at the pictures on the boxes, “I need ‘Watermelon’ and ‘Ducky’!”
He turned grabbed the two boxes off the shelf. “That was easy!”, he said, beaming.
And off I went with Impatient Man trying to make my head explode with the power of his mind. But I was protected by my dunce cap.