I thought of this thread the other night while watching an old rerun of the sitcom "Frasier". It was an episode from the first season where Frasier's father has just moved in with him and they are getting reacquainted. Frasier has been frustrated by having no time alone and is trying to read a book. Dad asks what he's reading, Frasier tells him, and Dad, who was obviously just trying to make conversation and has no interest in Frasier's book, can only think to say that the book is "thick". If the sitcom were taking place today with an ebook Dad wouldn't have even been able to say that
