And So It Continues...

yesterday i got home from work to this question from my houseguest:
"i couldn't switch on the tv"
for a second i was confused but then i realised...

a few weeks ago, a good friend of mine bought a new house and decided that the house and television did not go together. so i gained a new tv as a great birthday gift, since my old tv was tottering on the brink of usability. the television came with not one but three instructions manuals - one in english, one in spanish and one in french. so i did what was right. i piled all three on top of the microwave, plugged in the television and worked out the system.

i use the universal remote to turn the television on. i pick up the television remote control to switch off the guide that, for some reason, always pops up when the tv is turned on using a remote control. i make sure the tv is on channel 3 (or else the screen is blank with an 'unusable signal' message floating around). then i have to switch off the vcr and dvd players (or else the screen is blue). and make sure that the cable box is on. if ALL of that is done, voila tv!

houseguest looked at me and said - "what?"

okay, okay, so maybe i should try reading at least one of those manuals but as long as the batteries in my four remote controls are working, i got my system and i don't need no stinking manual!