King of the Remote

Last night we sat down to watch "40 Year Old Virgin". Hubby put the disc in the dvd player sat on the couch and pointed the remote at the dvd player and that's when the trouble started. Nothing happened. He tried again. Still nothing. Tried stepping closer to the dvd player, still nothing. Started to get upset. Struggled to open the back of the remote to check the batteries. Went on a quest to find double A batteries while yelling that we need to add them to the list. Grumble grumble grumble. "How are we going to watch a movie now?" I calmly walk over and press "play". Silence. Score one for womankind.