I had half my family that were farmers, and I was really pretty good at repairing farm equipment. There was certainly a period of time where I would have been happy to do that, just to be a farm equipment repairman in Dalemead, Alberta.
Yes, Charles Yu names his main character after himself. That main character, in fact, is both time-machine repairman and author of a book called 'How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe.'
Old Lorraine: I can't believe this window's still broken.
Marlene McFly: Well, when the scene-screen repairman called Daddy a chicken, Daddy threw him out of the house. Now we can't get anybody to fix it.
[the Repairman ties Wesley down to the chair]
The Repairman: That's not too tight, is it?
Wesley: No, that's... nice.
[the Robot Repairman tells David while cleaning the spinach out of his body]
Robot Repairman: Spinach is for rabbits, people, and Popeye, not robo-boys.
Randall Peltzer: Well, that's the story. So if your air conditioner goes on the fritz or your washing machine blows up or your video recorder conks out; before you call the repairman turn on all the lights, check all the closets and cupboards, look under all the beds, 'cause you never can tell there just might be a gremlin in your house.
