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The Sky Box doesn't work
Dear Diary. It's Christmas Day 2013. The Doctor Who Christmas special is on the television, although my dad has paused it because my brother is in the toilet.
My brother comes back in. I pick up the remote and press play. Nothing happens.
"Press play, Paul," says my dad.
"I am pressing play," I say. I press more buttons on the remote but nothing happens. It seems the Sky Box has crashed.
"Give it here!" says my dad. "For fuck sake."
I give the remote to my dad. He presses buttons on it but without any success.
"For fuck sake! This is your fault." says my dad to my brother.
"We'll have to reset the Sky Box," I say.
"We can't do that because it's still recording!" says my dad. "There's still ten minutes left! It's my Adam's fucking fault for not being in the living room when i wanted to play it ten minutes ago."
We wait until 8.30 pm, which is when Doctor Who ends. Then we're able to watch it using Sky On Demand.
After it's finished and the credits play, my dad says, finally, "I didn't like it."
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