I approach the screen. Benj pushes a button. I hear a high-pitched Beep.
"What's that?"
"It's my mouse. Isn't it amazing?" Beep.
"Why would you want it to do that?"
"Don't you remember the modem days?" Beep. Beep. Beep.
"...Yeah." I've got a look on my face that tells him I'm not making the connection.
Benj sighs laboriously. "What was a modem?"
"A modem was a little box that sat by my computer and brought me internet."
"Right. And how did it work?"
"You plugged it into the phone line, and pushed the 'connect' button on AOL, and then you'd hear all kinds of swishy noises."
"Right!" He throws his hands up in the air and smiles triumphantly.
"I still don't get it."
"THIS--" Beep "--is ONE of the sounds from that sequence!"
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