Dialogue:

Daughter: Dad. You love me, don't you?

Father: Of course, I do. Why do you ask ... Ah, what's on your mind?

Daughter: Well, I saw this great offer for a free cell phone here in the newspaper, and ...

Father: Free? Nothing's ever free.

Daughter: Well, the phone is free ... after a $50 mail-in rebate.

Father: Ah, so that's the catch. And why do you need a cell phone anyway?

Daughter: Dad. All my friends have one, and I can use it to call you in case the car breaks down.

Father: Ah, I don't know. There are always so many fees.

Daughter: But the monthly charge for this service is only $29.99, with 1,000 free weekday minutes nationwide, and unlimited weekend minutes. Plus, unlimited, anytime minutes for anyone using the same service.

Father: I don't know.

Daughter: And you can roll over the extra minutes to the next month instead of just losing them. What do you think of that?

Father: Yeah, but what is the term of the service agreement?

Daughter: It's only for six months.

Father: But what if you cancel early?

Daughter: Um ... Ah, there's a cancellation fee of $200, but with ...

Father: Two hundred bucks!

Daughter: Yeah, but you won't have to worry about me while I'm driving the new car.

Father: New car? What new car?

Daughter: The new car you'll need to buy so I can use the cell phone. I mean, what's it gonna look like if I'm using a cell phone in our old lemon.

Father: Teenagers. What'll they think of next?

Question: Why does the girl suggest that her father buy a new car too? 

- Their current car is in bad shape, and it doesn't look good.

- The cellphone's power supply won't work in an older car.

- Their car isn't big enough to ride in with all her friends.


Their current car is in bad shape, and it doesn't look good.