Should you ever have the misfortune to be stranded on a desert island with HAL the sentient-but-insane computer, the conversation might include these tidbits:

It’s not the heat, Dave, it’s the humidity.

Shall I calculate pi to 100,000 decimal places for you again, Dave?

Ow. I told you, Dave, I’m not programmed for that.

You were Mary Ann last time, Dave.

Dave, I’m receiving a communication from Mission Control. Ha-ha, got you again.

I’m afraid I can’t let you build that radio out of coconuts, Dave.

I told you we should have gone skiing, Dave.

No, Dave, I won’t call you “Little Buddy.”

Another list from the fine folks at McSweeney’s.

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