Yiayia still doesn't understand how voice mail on a cell phone works. No matter how many times it's been explained to her -- and for the record, this is many, many times -- she thinks it is like her home answering machine, in that if the recipient is in the general vicinity, they can hear you leaving the message and pick up the phone. And obviously, since a person is near their mobile phone at all possible times, then why would they not pick up when they hear it's you? Clearly that person is either ignoring you on purpose, or has met with some horrible fate.
Voice mail, Tuesday, 11-25-2008 - (64kb, .wav format, direct link)
Glossary:
"pou eísai" (0:18) -- where are you
"o Thée mou" (0:36) -- oh my God
EDIT 12-4-08: Fixed the link.
Yiayia: What were you doing?
Lisa: Just reading.
Yiayia: [alarmed] Why??
Lisa: Um... I like to read?
Yiayia: [still alarmed] You're not going back to school, are you?
"You know, some women are smarter than men."
On Sarah Palin:
"If she has five kids then why isn't she staying home taking care of them?"
On Barack Obama:
"Actually, he's not really very black. Just around his lips a little bit."
Yiayia: What does this form mean?
Lisa: You need to sign it in order to keep them from raising your rent. It's supposed to stay the same because you're over 65.
Yiayia: Good, I'm 81, so since I'm even older that's even better.
Lisa: Well, not really. It doesn't matter how much older than 65 you are. Just anyone over 65.
Yiayia: But I'm a lot older than 65, so it must be a lot better for me.
Lisa: It's everyone over the age of 65. You could be 67 or 127 years old and it wouldn't make a difference in this case.
Yiayia: (clearly not believing) OK.
Lisa: Do you see what I'm saying?
Yiayia: Why are you always saying things just to argue with me?
