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"Contrary to popular belief..."
I need to turn my DLP projection TV to Circuit City.
"Let me check for the address and a map in this phone book."
You're on next, Mr. Dangerfield.
The invasion of Iraq was a great decision. The region will be much safer
It's 2004
Surly there were always people who say things like "wow, I can't believe this thing is happening it's like it's 2004" or something.
"it's literally the year two thousand and four"
"No body ever got fired for choosing IBM"
I ironically said that when I was working for IBM.
They don’t actually fire, they do “performance improvement plans”.
Nobody referred to videos as "VHS" unless they were explicitly trying to distinguish the medium from betamax. They just called them "videos" and "tapes" or "videotape."
for example: Hey can I borrow that tape?
That movie just came out on video.
Be kind, rewind your videotape.
“Jared from Subway is such an inspiration!”
"Osama Bin who?" And in a similar vein, "Jihad? That's a Dune reference, right?"
"I'll cash in on my Beanie Baby investment when it's time to pay for my kid's college tuition."
"The internet is just a fad."
"I'm so excited for the next The Matrix sequel."
"Two bedrooms and a walk-out basement. $300 a month rent."
I lost one of my Diablo install CDs can i borrow your set
"America will not abide Nazism."
I’ve enjoyed my time talking with you and getting to understand how you see the world and, although I don’t agree with you, I’m glad to have had this exchange of opinions and will now reflect upon what I’ve learned.
Have you heard of the Information superhighway?
"Will that be smoking or non smoking?" Asked as a restaurant
"I think you flooded it" in relation to a car not starting. (well unless you work on very old cars)
"I got it off Napster"
"want to listen to my mix tape?"
"I can burn you a CD of that"
Do you Yahoo?
"I can't believe you didn't put me in your top 8 on Myspace!!"
Also, "w00t!!"