In which we discuss the wonders of regional encoding

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Mom: So you bought a game cube, huh?
Val: I bought a PS2
Mom: What you mean, they told me you bought a game cube.
The Brain: Huh? We were just going shopping and-

*discussion ensues which establishes the fact that I was only buying games that weren't released stateside and that it is okay to get me US games because I can mooch of the boys and/or Sam...*

Val: As long as you didn't buy me Animal Crossing.
Mom: O___0;;; How did you know?


Also!
*some speculation about whether the fact that I look like I have lost weight correlates with the fact that I spent a couple of weeks being miserably sick*

The Brain: *leaving the room* Equivalent exchange.
Me: *yelling after him* Have you been watching FMA?
The Brain: No, I just like saying that