How long has it been???

*In the Robinson-Peters household*
....Brian is kicking back on the couch clipping his toenails while Christy slaves away in the kitchen making dinner....

RIIIING!!! RIIIIING!!!

Brian is so shocked by the noise he accidentally clips one toenail too short and blood starts spewing everywhere.
- Christy can be heard racing in with a wet towel to cover the wound, at the same time chiding Brian for his grotesque toenail behaviour. "Why Brian Why? Is it really necessary to get the pedicure kit out every week? I AM trying to cook here you know. And what is that infernal ringing noise anyway? It's not the phone for heaven's sake!!"

Brian, dazed at the sight of blood and confused at the noise, starts rocking back and forth - "Christy! Make it all stop! Find a happy place!!"

Suddenly they both realize the noise is coming from the computer... it dawns on them the ringing they hear is their very best friends in the whole wide world calling them on this newfangled thing called SKYPE.

Christy drops Brian's foot to lunge at the computer.
Brian, lolling on the couch in exaggerated pain, lets out a shrill cry as the towel banage on his toe falls off and blood starts spewing again.
Christy, by now at her wits end, yells at Brian to "Man up! Stop your shenanigans! GEEZE!"... then answers SKYPE call from Rohan and Mandy, "Hello??? HELLO??? Is it really y'all??"
She feverishly presses every button on the keyboard trying to get the thing to work... error messages keep popping up.
Christy panics, "Where has all my world wide web expertise gone??"

Brian steps over to save the day....and accidentally shuts the computer down. [Discretionary Committee Note: Christy's verbal spray directed at Brian has been censored due to possible minor readership]

~on the other side of the world~

Rohan: "What happened? I would have thought they would have been happy to hear from us... I mean, they're our best friends after all." He slumps into the corner feeling dejected.

Mandy: "Well I'll show them! Get over here Rohan, we're calling again and I'm gonna give them a piece of my mind!!"

Rohan obediantly walks back over to the computer, muttering under his breath "Don't boss me..." He reconnects the slype session and presses 'call'.

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!! RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!

Christy, already posed at the computer sees the flashing 'answer video call' button and yells out a victorious YAAAAAAAAAAAY!! HELLO HELLO???

Mandy and Rohan's faces pop up on the computer screen... Mandy doesn't look too happy while Rohan looks sheepish.

Mandy starts in "Now listen here! We're calling from halfway arou..."

Rohan nudges her to shut up which of course causes a big scene and results in a knock-down-drag-out for all the SKYPE world to see.

Fortunately it's only Brian and Christy witnessing the rabid display of Mandys ire.

Brian: "GEEZE you two, settle down"
Christy: "Mandy! Rohan! WE CAN SEEEEEEE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Rohan and Mandy pause from their scuffle and immediately assume the put together position.

Mandy smiles as radiant as possible, hoping neither Brian or Christy noticed the debacle unfold.

Rohan: "What's up chief!!! Can you believe this?? We can SEE each other!!! Dude, what's wrong with you?"

Brian: "Shut up! I practically severed my pinkie toe! LOOK!!!"

Rohan immediately passes out at the site of blood....

Mandy takes this as her chance to hog the computer screen... "HEEEEHLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOO LEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

Christy: HEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHLOOOOOO LLLLLLLLLLLLEHHHHHHHHHHHHHDEEEEEEEE"

Brian (rolling his eyes): "Ok ok, on to other things. So are we going to organize our remote broadcast Superfriends show??"

Mandy: "Yes but I want to negotiate a change in my contract."

Brian: "Well we don't work on a contract basis being as this is a fictitious show and all..."

Mandy: "But... what? I thought...???"

Rohan suddenly comes to: "You mean this is all for peanuts? Why did I waste all my time on that budget? For the love of all...."

Christy: "Simmer down Rohan. There's more to life than making money. We have fun don't we?? And I mean we're not professionals or anything, good grief."

Rohan (muttering under his breath): "Speak for yourself..."

Brian: "Settle down now. goobs...." (heaves a big sigh and throws his head in his hands)

Christy: (nervous at Brians exasperation) "Why can't we all just get along?"

Mandy: "Uhhmmm what's that smoke behind you guys?"

Christy and Brian turn quickly to see their kitchen about to go up in flames...

Christy screams "GET THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER!!!!"

Brian hobbles away trying to find out what the heck a fire extinguisher is and if there really is some such then where would it be....

Meanwhile Rohan and Mandy hurry and call 911 only to be told they can't dial that number from an international location.....

And after it's all said and done, the pasty white computer geek that's been sitting in the darkened basement of his mom's house hacking into peoples' SKYPE accounts wonders how these so-called Superfriends are actually going to stage a remote fictional radio show broadcast and, if it doesn come together, would they let him do voice-overs??