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   Joseph Nebus to All   
   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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