07/18/2005 Posted @ 09:43 PM PD/ST: "Beige Boy Speaks"

A co-worker heard me telling my supervisor that the new digital camera had arrived and began quizzing me about it.

"What project is the camera for?"

I looked up from my work quizzically, thinking, "Who needs a project in mind to get a new camera?"

I shook my head, "Nothing specific."

"Oh, is it one of those where you take the memory chip to a photo store and they print your pictures for you?"

Still trying to figure out what he's going on about, I shake my head and say, "I have my own printer."

"That's so expensive."

"Not really."

"In the long run, it's cheaper to just go to one of those places and have them do it for you."

What is he going on about now? I wonder.

"I don't print that many pictures."

Just then the phone rings, distracting me from this oh so important conversation. But he has the last word, "Oh, it's for the web then?"

Uhm ... yeah, go back to what you were doing before you tried to start this conversation.