Which Reminds Me

Yes, I vaguely remember how profoundly shocked I was when you vehemently expressed your anger and jealousy because the company had granted to me a red typewriter whereas you had only the garden variety black or gray typewriter. And did I ask to be given this red typewriter? I had no thought of that mattering one way or another. A typewriter is just a typewriter, regardless of the color of it. Why so bent out of shape over nothing much?