Friend: Do your windows open?

Me: What?

Friend: Your windows. Do they open?

Me: What do you mean?

Friend: I mean, do your windows open.

Me: I don’t know. I use Windows Seven. I like it alright. What’s this “Windows Open” thing? Is Microsoft trying to incorporate social media into their OS or something? Is it like Google Buzz? I don’t see that going very well.

Friend: No. Your windows. Like, the glass ones to the outside. Can we open them? There are lots of people in here and it’s getting way too warm.

(Long, embarrassing pause)

Me: Yeah. We can do that.