Prompt: Something about a telephone... I don't actually have the text...
A/N: The bunnies came after me in the night.
"Absolutely not, Holmes."
"We did pay for the first three."
"Yes, and I think getting through three telephones is a sure sign that we're doing something wrong, don't you?"
"You always were less enthusiastic about it than I was."
"That's not true!"
"You still sent wires even after it was installed."
"Well... perhaps it was just force of habit. But this is downright impractical, Holmes. I refuse."
"Oh come, Watson! It really does make life much easier."
"Until you get frustrated and shoot the blasted thing."
"That only happened once."
"Once was enough."
"You must admit, it does turn communication into much less of an ordeal. And embracing technology is just another part of these ever changing days."
"We tried embracing it, Holmes. You shot the first one, knocked the second out the window, and used the third to beat a criminal senseless."
"It was the only object readily available that was capable of doing the job. I was disinclined to enter a fistfight considering the knife he held."
"I do admit that quick thinking was necessary, Holmes, but it seems our telephones are subjected to violence more often than we actually use them for communication purposes. It has reached the point where it has become completely impractical to continue to try to use one."
"I thought the last one was quite useful."
"Not in the way it was intended."
"Oh Watson, are you going to give up on technology that easily?"
"Holmes, I do not give up on anything that I think may be worthwhile without very good reason."
"Oh, very well. But I maintain that until they met their unfortunate ends, the telephones of our experience have been extremely good investments."
"Whatever you say, Holmes."