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                 (Kiri is building a
                        bigger, better Energizer bunny so she describes
                        for a guest what the old one does. While it was
                        supposed to be a gift, there may have been a bit
                        of sibling rivalry involved knowing how much it
                        will annoy her sister once it got running
                        around.)
 
 
 Kiri:
                                                          so
                                                          I'm a coercer,
                                                          engineer....I
                                                          have an
                                                          interest in as
                                                          I pointed out,
                                                          antique
                                                          automobiles. I
                                                          design toys.
 
 Karen:
                                                          do you?
 
 Kiri:
                                                          yes.
 
 (Russ
                                                          starts
                                                          laughing)
 
 Karen:
                                                          why are you
                                                          laughing?
 
 Kiri:
                                                          because he has
                                                          a mind that's
                                                          in a sewer.
 
 Karen:
                                                          oh those toys?
 
 Kiri:
                                                          no I don't
                                                          design those
                                                          toys.
 
 Russ:
                                                          no, she could
                                                          but she
                                                          doesn't.
 
 Kiri:
                                                          yes, I could
                                                          design some
                                                          very good
                                                          ones.
 
 Karen:
                                                          you could just
                                                          sell them so.
 
 Kiri:
                                                          so I've heard.
 
 Russ:
                                                          it's not in a
                                                          sewer.
 
 Kiri:
                                                          no it's below
                                                          a sewer.
 
 Karen:
                                                          no I didn't
                                                          say you were
                                                          going to sell
                                                          them in a
                                                          sewer.
 
 Kiri:
                                                          below the
                                                          sewer his mind
                                                          is. No I build
                                                          robots and so
                                                          on, artificial
                                                          intelligence.
                                                          For example,
                                                          somebody has a
                                                          very fond
                                                          interest in a
                                                          certain
                                                          Energizer
                                                          bunny.
 
 Karen: oh I've
                                                  heard.....yes, I've
                                                  heard mentioned the
                                                  Energizer bunny very,
                                                  very often.
 
 Russ: it's just a
                                                  joke.
 
 Kiri: uh-huh he's very
                                                  fond of the Energizer
                                                  bunny.
 
 Karen: well I like the
                                                  Energizer bunny.
 
 Kiri: so I made him
                                                  one. It's
                                                  voice-activated to two
                                                  voices only, mine and
                                                  his, the battery has a
                                                  life expectancy of 15
                                                  years, that's
                                                  continuous use.
 
 Russ: or you can turn
                                                  it off.
 
 Kiri: if you switch it
                                                  off, it will probably
                                                  last I should say
                                                  maybe 30 years. My big
                                                  sister can't switch it
                                                  off. You grab it, it
                                                  reacts in certain
                                                  ways. Now I've just
                                                  completed a bigger
                                                  version so you get
                                                  yours back.
 
 Russ: yeah. (chuckles)
 
 Kiri: you sound very
                                                  enthusiastic about
                                                  that.
 
 Russ: well Karra
                                                  sounds very
                                                  enthusiastic about it.
 
 (long-running joke
                                                  about an unstoppable
                                                  rabbit running around
                                                  between apartments)
 
 Kiri: uh-huh.
 
 Russ: there is an echo
                                                  in my head...Yeah!!
 
 Kiri: so, you'll get
                                                  your rabbit back.
 
 
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