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25. "Before long people are going to have to...Start reading books and telling tall tales by candlelight."

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #9)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:59 AM

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That just prompted me to recall that famous scene at the end of Jim Carey's classic "The Cable Guy" after he falls from the tower onto the satellite dish and that knocks the cable out all over town -

The whole scene -

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