Larry and Mick Discover the In-ter-net

By pepsoid

Fri, 31 Jan 2014
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LARRY: So what is this 'In-ter-net' then?
MICK: Well apparently, friend Larry, you can use a 'Search Engine' to find information about anything you want.
LARRY: An 'engine,' you say?
MICK: Yes, Larry.
LARRY: So where is this 'engine'?
MICK: In the computer, I presume.
[ LARRY picks up laptop and looks underneath ]
LARRY: I can't see an engine.
MICK: Must be very small.
LARRY: Does it need petrol?
MICK: I don't think so, but it does need 'charging.'
LARRY: How much does it 'charge'?
MICK: Erm... 50p?
LARRY: Okay, hang on...
[ LARRY gets out his wallet, takes out a fifty pence piece and puts it on the laptop ]
LARRY: There.
[ LARRY and MICK look at the laptop ]
MICK: Switch it on then.
LARRY: Oh yes...
[ LARRY presses the 'On' button, then looks confused as the laptop starts to buzz and whir ]
LARRY: What's it doing?
MICK: I think it's 'booting.'
LARRY: Booting what?
MICK: Booting out the bugs.
LARRY: 'Bugs,' friend Mick?! Are you telling me there's bugs in our computer?!
MICK: And possibly viruses.
LARRY: I told you not to leave it out in the cold!
MICK: Don't worry, we'll just install a firewall.
LARRY: My dearest friend, Mick... I may not know much about computers, but I'm pretty darned sure you don't get rid of these bugs and viruses with a wall of... ahem... fire.
MICK: That's what the lad at the shop said.
LARRY: And this, um... 'lad'... was he perchance of spotty aspect, sporting the manner of attire known as a 'hoodie' and featuring a glazed and 'faraway' expression?
MICK: Yes, I do believe he was, Larry.
LARRY: As I suspected, friend Mick. I think you may find that he was thinking about a spell that his level 2 wizard may cast in Dungeons & Dragons.
MICK: Do spotty youths still play Dungeons & Dragons?
LARRY: Believe me, I know about spotty youths - you may recall that I was one.
MICK: Yes, but-
LARRY: Well never mind that, back to the computer...
MICK: It has booted.
LARRY: Splendid. What do we do next?
MICK: [ points to screen ] Click here.
[ LARRY holds his hand near the screen and clicks his fingers ]
MICK: With the mouse.
LARRY: If you say so...
[ LARRY gets a toy mouse out of his pocket, holds it near the screen and clicks his fingers ]
[ LARRY and MICK look at the computer... wait for something to happen... shrug... frown... etc ]
MICK: What did you want to look up on the In-ter-net?
LARRY: I want to update my profile on Facebook.
MICK: What is the Face-book?
LARRY: I have no idea.
[ Both look at the computer for a few more seconds ]
MICK: Shall we have a game of tiddlywinks instead?
LARRY: Why the heck not?
[ LARRY and MICK play tiddlywinks ]
[ exuent ]
 
Certificate U
Other
Tales of Larry and Mick
Humour

Comments

Submitted by Cow Paddy on

This looks like a nice dialogue lesson for an advanced English as a second language learner.

If your intent to storyboard, then you need paragraph spacing and theme or image descriptive scenery included.