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by anotherevan 4079 days ago
> my fiancé (who is not a computer geek) interjects with "buttons!"

Our standard, almost automatic response is, “A needle and thread.”

Also, when someone says, “Well…” the correct response is, “A hole in the ground.”

(Thus, “Well, well, well,” gets, “Three holes in the ground!”)

Gotta love English.