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|    Andy Barker, PI - Dial M for Laptop    |
|    09 Apr 07 23:22:58    |
      From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu              Plot:        When his laptop disappears, Andy races the clock to file his       father-in-law's tax return and exposes a credit-card scam. So says Tivo.                     Comments:        - Andy's wife does the old-movie style leg-lift during kissing.                       - ``They don't call it Quicken because it slows your pulse'' --       that feels like the sort of thing that'd be a long-running family joke.                       - Andy sends his grandfather's amended return to the IRS before       he can look it over.                - Once again Andy gets into a story without knowing what he was       doing.                - ``You bit me! What are you, four?''                - ``Two meatballs came in here, one bit me on the shoulder,       that's a *terrible* plan!''                - ``The enemy of my friend is my enemy, my friend.'' Nice line.                       - ``A thumb is a finger, you idiot!''                - I was caught by surprise by Video Store Guy and Lou attacking       Andy's father-in-law.                - The splint improving his father-in-law's putting is a good       joke.                - I'm surprised Andy doesn't just file for an extension, given       that there's an obvious problem in collecting all the data for the       return.                - ``Finally, I get to administer frontier justice! Today, I am       an American!''                - Andy's good at being in the right spot for people to deliver       exposition.                - ``You ever wonder if you can fit behind hotel drapes?''                - I'm surprised Andy doesn't have more identifying features for       his laptop, although come to think of it mine is identifiable only by       its nicks and scratches.                - ``Go to gap.com, buy me some wrinkle-free pants.'' ``Those       things really work?''                - And in the last moments Andy is frustarted by the need for a       wireless network.                - ``This stuff was all here when I checked in.''                - The laptop screen reads ``Time remaining to file'', but it       reports the time as ``11:59:45'' (and so on).                - Encrypting credit card numbers into other numbers so that the       FBI can trace them? ... I guess, if you don't look at that too long, it       sort of makes sense, although it'd be easier if he had just arranged for       a list of ``marked'' numbers. Andy's in the past shown a willingness to       bring in police sensibly early and often; why not here?                - ``What are you doing here? It's 3:00 in the morning!'' ``Not       in Hong Kong it's not.'' Assuming Andy's town is California, then in       Hong Kong it would be about 6 pm.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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