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"Sorry, I got to return this video"

"Mike? I love that guy, I got him on speed dial"

"Do you have any quarters for a phone?"

"Bill Cosby really is America's dad"

"Can I borrow that VHS?"

"Sorry, I can't come. My favourite show is on"

"Do you know where a phone is?"

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[–] SuperEars 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My wife and I had to struggle to remember the word "hook" in the context of "the phone is off the hook".

[–] hactar42 6 points 1 month ago

A few year back, I took my daughter to an urgent care clinic. She was around 2 or 3 years old. While in the waiting room their office phone rang and my daughter jumped and went, "What was that?" because she had never heard a landline ring before.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

β€œSorry, I got to return this video”

You say that, although it's pretty close to the recurring joke in American Psycho, so if you're lenient this kind of sentence was said in this comm only days ago. https://lemmy.ml/post/24140732/15784014

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Damn, there's a paper jam in the fax machine again

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sadly, fax machines are very much still in use ....

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[–] toddestan@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

"I'll show you the photos once I get them developed."

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm looking forward to Matt Groenig's new show.

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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

And it never did. *sips beer*

[–] Resol 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"Dammit, my tape is stuck inside the VCR again!"

"99 cents for a song? Hell yeah. I'm never buying CDs again." (A reference to the iTunes Music Store launch)

"I ran out of free AOL time. Better get another demo disc"

Speaking of AOL, "yo, what's your AIM screenname?" (Replace "AIM" with your favorite messaging service at the time if you used that)

"Mom, can I have a PlayStation 2? -No. -But it plays DVDs."

"Oh, I can't wait to see the wonderful New York Twin Towers, I'm so excited for what's coming!" (I was too young to even remember the concept of different countries existing so I had no idea what "America" even was, let alone being confused about 9/11)

"I got slimed. It was so. Much. Fun."

"I'm so glad the United Kingdom won Eurovision, I can't wait to see how the next year's contest will turn out. Katrina was so amazing" (1997 was the last time the UK won)

"What a wonderful Saturday morning. Time to watch some cartoons."

"My phone has a NiCd battery, and it's almost out of juice so I can't just plug it in because I will ruin the battery. I have to wait until it literally turns off."

"Belgrade is the capital of Yugoslavia"

"Finally got my fresh new copy of Mac OS X. Time to see what's it's like." proceeds to stay on OS 9 for a few more years

That's all I can think of.

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[–] Zexks 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

β€œit’s the 90s”

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[–] locuester@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

Can you give me directions to your house?

[–] ilinamorato 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"Can I borrow that VHS?"

20 years ago it would have been DVDs. But even before that, we didn't call them "VHS"es. We called them tapes, or video tapes if we wanted to distinguish from audio tapes.

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[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

"You think Monica Lewinsky sucks or blows?"

[–] fool@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

Did you see Mozart's new concerto?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I’m trying to start x-wing. Can you tell me the third letter of the fourth word of page 57?

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[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

I'm late for work at the Twin Towers!

[–] FinishingDutch 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Eat fresh, beware of the flesh.

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