This was forwarded to me by my friend Jeanne Marie Gagnon. I was a big Abbott and Costello fan and this is a take-off on their most famous sketch "Whose on First"? I can almost hear them doing this!<\/p>\n
COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT<\/p>\n <\/strong>ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?<\/p>\n COSTELLO: Thanks. I’m setting up an office in my den and I’m thinking about ABBOTT: Mac?<\/p>\n COSTELLO: No, the name’s Lou.<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Your computer?<\/p>\n COSTELLO: I don’t own a computer. I want to buy one.<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Mac?<\/p>\n COSTELLO: I told you, my name’s Lou.<\/p>\n ABBOTT: What about Windows?<\/p>\n COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?<\/p>\n COSTELLO: I don’t know. What will I see when I look at the windows?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Wallpaper.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Software for Windows?<\/p>\n COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write ABBOTT: Office.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: I just did.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: You just did what?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Recommend something.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: You recommended something?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Yes.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: For my office?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Yes.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Office.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!<\/p>\n ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let’s just say I’m ABBOTT: Word.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: What word?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Word in Office.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.<\/p>\n ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue "W".<\/p>\n COSTELLO: I’m going to click your blue "w" if you don’t start with some ABBOTT: Money.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: That’s right. What do you have?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Money.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: What’s bundled with my computer?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Money.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: One copy.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: Isn’t it illegal to copy money?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.<\/p>\n COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!<\/p>\n (A few days later)<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?<\/p>\n COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Click on "START"…………. <\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This was forwarded to me by my friend Jeanne Marie Gagnon. I was a big Abbott and Costello fan and this is a take-off on their most famous sketch "Whose on First"? I can almost hear them doing this! COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5384,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690\/revisions\/5384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
buying a computer.<\/p>\n
proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?<\/p>\n
sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?<\/p>\n
straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I
can track my money with?<\/p>\n