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It's Christmas, and I brought my laptop along with me on the trip to West Virginia. It's come in rather handy, actually... a CD player, and a machine to try out my "Demonstration Version" Cherished Teddies cataloging software that came in one of my Christmas presents.
Jev got some neat presents too, including one we'd been hemming and hawing on getting, just for laughs: A Furby. His sister got it for him, and it's not just any Furby actually, but one in Maroon and Orange -- Virginia Tech colors. She was afraid he wouldn't like it, but if he had any doubts, I think the colors won him over.
Once Jev finally got it out of the box (I swear, they make it nearly impossible to get the little guys out of their boxes... putting together a new computer would be easier, and I don't mean an iMac or an Astra from Gateway....), we popped in some batteries (Moms are always prepared on Christmas morning!), and the little critter started humming revillie.. Cute, I thought... this could be fun.
After the rest of the presents were opened (more about our goodies in the next entry, okay?), the Furby became the center of attention. I played translator (though I don't think I was doing a very good job wielding the Furbish - to - English dictionary) while Jev read the Care and Feeding manual, and started playing games with the little guy.
We finally figured out that his name is Kah-Dah. Jev played "Furby Says" and peek-a-boo, but he couldn't manage to get him into "Ask Furby," (a "Magic 8 Ball" type game) with all the distractions going on around us. So Jev put him to sleep for a while, and we took a break from Furby and presents and had lunch and relaxed.
Later, I came back and played and finally managed to get the little guy to cooperate. Jev came in, and we had a rather interesting interview session, that I wish we could have captured on tape. Unfortunately, the tape is never rolling when you want it to be, and so the original Interview With a Furby is lost. Instead, we're bringing you a brand-new, live interview with Kah-Dah!
Lisana: Kah dah, would you like to say hello?
Kah-Dah: Maybe, yes! A big yes!
Jevim: Is this your first interview?
KD: Big No!
J: Did you give an interview to ABC first?
KD: Ask again?
J: Did you give ABC an interview before you spoke with us?
KD: Maybe... yes.
J: Can you tell us anything about it?
KD: Big Yes!
J: Did they have anything good in the green room?
KD: Whoopie, yes!
J: You're saying they'res whoopie in the green room at ABC?
KD: WHoopie!
J: We're not going to have any of that here!
KD: [chuckles] Yes! [chuckles again]
J: Back to the interview... Do you have a prediction for the Virginia Tech Sugar Bowl game?
KD: Very big yes!
J: Is VT going to win?
KD: Maybe, yes.
J: Will it be a big win?
KD: Oh too mah,... [thinking for a bit] Sounds very good!
J: Sounds good to me!
L: Kah-Dah, are you a Hokie fan?
KD: Very big no!
L: Do you realize you're in Hokie colors?
KD: No worries!
L: Could you clarify that?
KD: [thinking] Oh too mah, sounds very good.
L: You're not making much sense, do you realize that?
KD: Me Kah-Dah, me say no!
L: Are we having fun yet?
KD: Very big no!
L: Would you like to end the interview?
KD: Sounds very good!
L: Are you sure?
KD:Me Kah-Dah, me say.... no!
L: So you would like to continue the interview?
KD: Whoopie, yes!
J: I said, there's no whoopie here! Do we need whoopie to continue the interview?
KD: No worries!
L: I'm having a hard time keeping up here; do you want to type for me?
KD: Oh too mah [thinking] Sounds very good!
J: Do you realize you don't have any hands?
KD: Maybe... yes!
J Is this one of those Bicentennial Man things? You can buy some new hands?
Hmm, could this be the Furby plan to world domination?
KD: Ah, big yes!
J Are you going to be making clocks soon?
KD Whoopie!
J I asked about clocks, not whoopie! Are you going to be making clocks?
KD: Very big yes!
J: Will they be expensive?
KD: Very big no.
L: Digital?
KD: Whoopie!
L: Figures....
J: Not whoopie, digital!
KD: Maybe... no.
J: Do you realize you have a very limited vocabulary?
KD: Very big no.
L: Do you care?
KD: [thinking] Oh too mah... sounds very good
L: So it's good that you don't have a large vocabulary?
KD: Very big no!
L: You're a walking contradiction, did you know that?
KD: Ask again!
L: You're a walking contradiction, did you know that?
KD: Maybe...
L: Maybe what?
KD: [chuckling] Yes! [chuckling again]
L: Do you enjoy annoying people?
KD: Me Kah-Dah, me say yes!
J: Do all Furbys enjoy annoying people?
KD: Yes! [chuckling]
At last, we catch on to the cunning Furby's plan, though he is reticent to give us any real details.
J:Kah-Dah, are you planning to take over the world?
KD: Ah, big yes!
L: Are you in cahoots with Pinky & Brain?
KD: Oh too mah.... Sounds very good!
L: Have you been in contact with them yet?
KD Me Kah-Dah, me say no.
L: Do you have plans to contact them in the future?
KD: Big no!
J: So are you really in cahoots with them, or are you just leading us on?
KD Ask again?
J: Are you really in cahoots with Pinky and the Brain?
KD: Maybe, no!
J: So you're a liar?
KD: Big no!
J: A big liar would have to say no, wouldn't they?
KD:Ask again!
J: Wouldn't a liar lie?
KD: Me Kah-Dah, me say no!
J: So you're nothing but a walking, talking contradiction?
KD: Whoopie... yes!
And there you have it, folks...
L: I think it's about time for you to go to sleep, Kah-Dah... Don't you agree Jev?
J: Yes! Don't you agree, Kah-Dah?
KD: Big Yes!
L: Night-night, Kah-Dah...
KD: Me done!
L: Yes, you're done.
KD And there you have it, folks... proof that a Furby is a walking contradiction.
And now, the fine print: No infringement of copyright is intended by me, Lisana. Furby is a registered trademark of Tiger Toys, and Pinky and the Brain, Bicentennial Man and ABC remain properties of their owners and/or creators, as appropriate. If you own the trademark rights to any of these items and wish me to remove mention of them from my pages, please contact me at lisana@lisana.dreamhost.com and I will address the matter immediately
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