@cjust I'm now thinking about Arthur Dent on the Starship Heart of Gold asking the machine for a cup of tea.
In my head it's like "Tea is an infusion of dead vegetation in boiled water, with juice squirted out of a cow, with other sweet veggie juices added to taste.”
Sadly don't have the original audio on my phone.
“No,” Arthur said, “look, it’s very, very simple…. All I want… is a cup of tea. You are going to make one for me. Now keep quiet and listen.”
And he sat. He told the Nutro-Matic about India, he told it about China, he told it about Ceylon. He told it about broad leaves drying in the sun. He told it about silver teapots. He told it about summer afternoons on the lawn. He told it about putting the milk in before the tea so it wouldn’t get scalded. He even told it (briefly) about the East India Trading Company.
“So that’s it, is it?” said the Nutro-Matic when he had finished.
“Yes,” said Arthur. “That is what I want.”
“You want the taste of dried leaves boiled in water?”
“Er, yes. With milk.”
“Squirted out of a cow?”
“Well in a manner of speaking, I suppose…”
“I’m going to need some help with this one.”
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I'm envious of the char limit!
However there is sometimes a joy in crafting a response in order to perfectly fit the 512 char thing - not one char more or less.
Obvs, not in this case :)
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