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“I don’t want to be just a talking head on a table.”
“You got it.”
“I give you complete freedom to make any other enhancements you’d like.”
“Thanks.”
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“Great. Does this one go grocery shopping?”
“You know what?” I said. “He probably does.”
“In that case, he’s welcome.”
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“Preeee… senting…”
She paused the TV and gave me her full attention.
“Straight from the future and landing in our living room… the new me!”
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“He’s a prototype,” I said. “He’s –“
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“Get ready for an upgrade,” said Robo-me.
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“Have you given him a name yet?”
The robot jumped in. “George.”
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“Got that right.”
“You’re watching ‘Real Housewives’?” I asked, incredulous.
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“It’s the bomb,” said Robo-Me. I hadn’t come around to George yet.
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“Just a chunk of that juicy backside,” said Robo-me as she circled around.
“Thank you, George,” said Lana, “you just made my day.”
I waited until she left the room. “Watch it,” I said.
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“I don’t know. Curing cancer? Solving world hunger? Planning the next Mars mission?”
“With your brain?”
His sense of humor was beginning to wear on me. “That was just a starting point. I was the launching pad. You’re the new and improved me.”
“Okay.”
“Okay what?”
“I’ll solve world hunger… after I binge-watch Real Housewives.”
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“Neither do you,” said Robo-me.
“Funny, Robert.”
“George.”
“Whatever.”
I shut him down. I didn’t need any sassy robots mooching off of me.
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Not having my robot to spool yarn while she watched her shows disappointed my wife, but it couldn’t be helped. From my perspective, Robo-Me had been a failure. I had hoped to leave a little bit of myself behind, but if I were being truly objective, I couldn’t really say that I liked what I was leaving very much. Was I even worth replicating? I’ll let that question linger.
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