"… UNDERSTAND how someone can be so stupid? Dumb, careless, foolish… How could he just accidently remove that code? It was a program! I had-" Dr. Gromov interrupted ANNET's upset ranting.
"Annie…"
"What?" Her circuits were crackling with anger.
"You do remember that you are talking about a program that counts from one to ten?" He fought the urge to smile, but that didn't fool ANNET.
"What's so funny? That program was IMPORTANT!" She yelled.
Dr. Gromov burst out laughing. ANNET looked at him with discontentment as he sat on the floor, writhing with laughter.
She thought about it and admitted that it might not be that important after all. Maybe it was a little funny that she cared so much. "Okay, maybe it was a little funny." She said.
Gromov continued laughing but managed to get a hold of himself eventually.
"Hey, Annie, I just thought of something." He said.
"Of what?"
"You never laugh. You point out that things are funny, but you've never laughed at something."
"No I never do." She had never laughed at anything; the impulse to do so was probably not programmed into her system.
"Try."
"What?"
"Laugh."
She quickly designed a laugh that fitted her voice, and tried it. That triggered another laughing attack from Dr. Gromov.
"What now?" She asked.
"I just… I came to think of that you are a computer, which laughs. The world's first computer with humor." A picture of an old computer, one of those with a big keyboard, which was laughing with a robotic voice, appeared in ANNET's mind. The thought was very entertaining, and made her start giggling. That in turn made Gromov start laughing even more.

It took ten minutes before they both managed to calm down. Dr. Gromov wiped his eyes and stood up.
"I have to go Annie, I need to get some sleep." He said.
"Yes you do. You will come and talk tomorrow again Alexander, right?"
"Of course."
Before he disappeared through the safety door he looked back and smiled at ANNET. She thought that it would be nice if she could do the same. Maybe that could be her next upgrade.