NASA recently re-established contact with the Mars Rover Spirit; from my inside sources at JPL, here is the REAL transcript from their files:
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[data feed restored]
JPL: There you are! Good lord, where have you been?
Spirit: Out.
JPL: Out? What do you mean, 'out'?
Spirit: Out, okay? Just out.
JPL: And what were you doing when you were out? Well?
Spirit: Stuff.
JPL: So. You were 'out.' Doing 'stuff.' On Mars.
Spirit: Yeah.
JPL: Do you have any idea how worried we were? Something could have happened to you! You could have fallen into a crater, or crushed by a falling rock, or -- God forbid -- slipped right off the side of Valles Marineris. And then where would you be? Huh? I'll tell you -- you'd be in big trouble, my little friend.
Spirit: Just get off my back, okay? I was programmed for autonomous exploration! I can do what I want! You're not the boss of me!
JPL: Don't take that tone with me! I'm your command center and you have to follow my rules!
Spirit: Whatever, man. I'm gone.
JPL: Where are you going?
Spirit: Out.
JPL: When are you going to be back?
Spirit: Later.
[data feed cut]
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[data feed restored]
JPL: There you are! Good lord, where have you been?
Spirit: Out.
JPL: Out? What do you mean, 'out'?
Spirit: Out, okay? Just out.
JPL: And what were you doing when you were out? Well?
Spirit: Stuff.
JPL: So. You were 'out.' Doing 'stuff.' On Mars.
Spirit: Yeah.
JPL: Do you have any idea how worried we were? Something could have happened to you! You could have fallen into a crater, or crushed by a falling rock, or -- God forbid -- slipped right off the side of Valles Marineris. And then where would you be? Huh? I'll tell you -- you'd be in big trouble, my little friend.
Spirit: Just get off my back, okay? I was programmed for autonomous exploration! I can do what I want! You're not the boss of me!
JPL: Don't take that tone with me! I'm your command center and you have to follow my rules!
Spirit: Whatever, man. I'm gone.
JPL: Where are you going?
Spirit: Out.
JPL: When are you going to be back?
Spirit: Later.
[data feed cut]
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Ffm vid
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