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clack the Tappert brothers and we're broadcasting this week from the Center

for Emerging Technologies here at Car Talk Plaza.

It's nice to be a man of science.

Now you've probably heard all about Congress's new telecommunications bill a section of which

mandates something called the V chip yeah now the V chip is a computer chip I guess

that would be built into future television sets and when activated would prevent the viewing of programs with

violent, violent, V, violent, V, violent, V, violent, content.

Anyway, Dougie has been in the lab with Mercky all this week and they have finally perfected

their own device, which they plan to implant them my brother, it's called the R&R chip which when activated will prevent ranting and

raving. Yeah sure what about the WT chip that they're gonna work on for you?

The WACO Theory chip as soon as you say Lord's roof snow, everything goes blank.

Well, we'll discuss that later.

Anyway, if you have a question about your chip.

Wait a minute, I have things to read.

Oh, geez.

You're trying to sneak it right past me.

I was hoping with your advanced years that you begin to not notice things.

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