this way i could record your long, boring story that even you know is long and boring, but you realize you're committed to this long, boring story so there's no choice but to continue on with this long, boring story.
i'd record your story and go about my day. later, when i had the time, i'd review your story on my new Conversation TiVo. i'd fast forward over all the irrelevant parts (parts i already know, how you were feeling, etc...) and press play only during the relevant parts (who, what, where, when, why, shoe colour, breast size, etc...).
if the story sucked, i'd delete it. if it was a good story, i'd of course save it to the harddrive. as i would watch/record more and more conversations, TiVo would pick up on my conversation viewing patterns till eventually it would automatically know which parts of your story were good and which parts were boring, and flag them as such. it would also provide a brief summary of the irrelevant parts of your story, because, you know, i do care (a little).
