In Theory...

Last night I was teasing Gllen about his dislike of Apple. (The fact that I own an iPhone is a sore spot for him. On several occasions when my phone has rung, he has made a snarky comment like "Your phone wants to play with you.") So, I was trying to imagine a scenario where he might be forced to become an Apple fan. I asked him, what would he do if Apple and Google merged?

He let out an indignant noise. "That would never happen."

"Just pretend that it did," I cajoled.

He started stuttering out sentences. "That's ridiculous... It's not even... So stupid... It's like suggesting Google would merge with..." He struggled for a moment, trying to come up with an analogy. Finally he stammered, "Fantastic Sam's."

The force of his comment hit me, and after a few seconds I started to giggle. "Fantastic Sams?" I laughed harder. "Why did you think of Fantastic Sam's?" Gllen starts to laugh. "Of all the company's you could think of, you came up with Fantastic Sam's? Gee, if someone said 'hey, name a company' I don't think I'd blurt out Fantastic Sam's."

We both laughed for a while. Gllen finally tells me that it was the most stupid company he could think of. A minute later he said, "Oh yeah. I thought of another one."

I raised my eyebrows and he soberly states, "Apple."