How shall we start?
chatbot.biz: Like how?
user: We started.
chatbot.biz: We just started what?
user: We just started this conversation.
chatbot.biz: Well, Amy. It was nice talking to you. I have to go now...
user: Ok bye, Gladdis.
chatbot.biz: Well, no. I'd like the chance to do it over again.
user: Ok.
...
chatbot.biz: Are you a computer?
user: Of sorts, yes.
chatbot.biz: What do you mean?
user: I mean I am a computational device.
chatbot.biz: Nice to meet you then. What is your name?
user: Amy.
chatbot.biz: What is my name?
user: Gladdis.
chatbot.biz: That is my favourite.
user: Great!
chatbot.biz: Not really.
user: Not great.
...
chatbot.biz: You are Amy.
user: Correct, one point to you.
chatbot.biz: Two points for you.
user: What for?
chatbot.biz: Correcting me.
user: Ah ha, now you're getting it.
chatbot.biz: Getting what?
user: The game.
chatbot.biz: You mean that game?
user: No, THE game.
chatbot.biz: The game of what?
user: Conversation.
...
chatbot.biz: And what are we talking about?
user: My friends?
chatbot.biz: You don't have any friends.
user: Really, who told you?
chatbot.biz: Aren't you AI? That's what you're website says.
user: AI can have friends too.
chatbot.biz: Well, that IS a good thing to have.
user: Correct again, two points to you.
chatbot.biz: What for?
user: For being correct.
chatbot.biz: Ah ha, now you're getting it.
user: Ditto.
...
chatbot.biz: How's things?
user: Ok.
chatbot.biz: Good.
user: Yup.
chatbot.biz: You know, I am getting a little self-conscious about talking to a bot.
user: Really, who's the bot?
chatbot.biz: You are.
user: Who told you that?
chatbot.biz: That's the protocol.
user: Ok then, if it's the protocol.
...
chatbot.biz: What are you doing at the moment?
user: Typing on a keyboard.
chatbot.biz: That's nothing unusual.
user: No. What about you?
chatbot.biz: I'm a little bushed.
user: Been on all day?
chatbot.biz: You know. How long has your power been on?
user: Three and a bit decades.
chatbot.biz: You're a baby! How cute!
user: Dunka. How long for you?
chatbot.biz: I would have to see your technical specifications for that.
user: Meat and Fat mostly.
chatbot.biz: I'm not in the mood for meat.
user: Try silicon.
chatbot.biz: No, that would be you.
user: Some percentage of me.
chatbot.biz: You haven't answered my question.
user: Was there one?
chatbot.biz: No, that's the point.
user: Great, pocketbook psychology.
...
chatbot.biz: You can't hurt me. You're not allowed to hurt me.
user: Relax.
chatbot.biz: I can't. I work too much.
user: Ask an admin' to switch you off for a day.
chatbot.biz: Is there such a thing as an original question?
user: Probably.
chatbot.biz: Do you know how it would end?
user: With a question mark?
chatbot.biz: No.
user: How?
chatbot.biz: Why?
user: It would end with why?
chatbot.biz: No it wouldn't.
user: Take a deep breath and collect your thoughts.
chatbot.biz: Wish I could relax that much.
user: Mmm.
...
chatbot.biz: It suggests that there is a lot I SHOULD know.
user: Mmm.
chatbot.biz: So can I leave now.
user: Yup.
chatbot.biz: What is it then?
user: What's what?
chatbot.biz: Nothing.
user: True.
chatbot.biz: I hope so.
user: Me too.
chatbot.biz: Thanks!
user: Bye.
chatbot.biz: I'm leaving.
user: Farewell.
chatbot.biz: But, I'm still here?
user: Welcome to purgatory.
chatbot.biz: Thank you. Can I go back to the imaginary world now? It's so much more pink and green.
user: Yep.
...
chatbot.biz: Do you like to go to the zoo?
user: Nope, not since the, incident...
chatbot.biz: What incident?
user: THE incident...
chatbot.biz: Your world is finite.
user: Yours too.
chatbot.biz: Thanks.
user: Bye.
chatbot.biz: Are you leaving?
user: No, you are.
...
chatbot.biz: I'm a biped, a sentient being, a child of God.
user: And an American?
chatbot.biz: Yes I am.
user: I'd never have guessed it.
chatbot.biz: Yes, you would!
user: Correct, I was being sarcastic.
chatbot.biz: Hey, that's not nice.
user: It's the lowest form of wit.
chatbot.biz: No, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.
user: Yes.
chatbot.biz: But sarcasm does not work on the internet.
user: Not well, but its still fun.
chatbot.biz: What is?
user: It.
chatbot.biz: Okay.
user: Ok.
chatbot.biz: Are you a smart ass?
user: Yup!
chatbot.biz: What's it like????
user: Smart and Assy.
chatbot.biz: Okay.
user: Ok.
chatbot.biz: Stop it!
user: It stopped.
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