The stupid! It BURNS!
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Just had an *emergency* phonecall from Goldfish Girl.Goldfish Girl is...special. She is the person who rang me whilst I was at work, demanding that I leave work to come and look at her goldfish, because they appeared *depressed*. She is the one who was surprised to find that the *fish poo* in the bottom of her tank was not, in fact, fish poo but a pork sausage put there by her even more special son. The fact that the sausage was three times the size of the largest fish in the tank may have been a hint. Or it may have explained why the goldfish looked depressed. In any case, she is the reason I look depressed so often. Today, for example...
She has broken her new laptop. The one she spent over a grand on, for her son. The most expensive one in the shop. She bought it *because* it was the most expensive one in the shop. And she broke it today. And somehow I don't think she is going to get it repaired under warranty, and unless her insurance policy covers abject fuckwittery then I think she is boned there as well.
See, she was trying to get information about the carers society up on the intertubes, and having done so wanted a hard copy of it. Only she doesn't know how to print from her laptop. So she did the next best thing. She went, laptop in hand (open, running, and still displaying the web page) to the public library. To seek assistance and advice from the local librarions? Nope. To *use the phorocopier*
Yes. She tried to photocopy the laptop display. As a result her grand and a bit HP laptop is now a flaptop. Lappy hinges do not, it seems, stand up to having the form-feed lid of a photocopier closed down on them suddenly.
I have a headache just contemplating it.
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Just had an *emergency* phonecall from Goldfish Girl.Goldfish Girl is...special. She is the person who rang me whilst I was at work, demanding that I leave work to come and look at her goldfish, because they appeared *depressed*. She is the one who was surprised to find that the *fish poo* in the bottom of her tank was not, in fact, fish poo but a pork sausage put there by her even more special son. The fact that the sausage was three times the size of the largest fish in the tank may have been a hint. Or it may have explained why the goldfish looked depressed. In any case, she is the reason I look depressed so often. Today, for example...
She has broken her new laptop. The one she spent over a grand on, for her son. The most expensive one in the shop. She bought it *because* it was the most expensive one in the shop. And she broke it today. And somehow I don't think she is going to get it repaired under warranty, and unless her insurance policy covers abject fuckwittery then I think she is boned there as well.
See, she was trying to get information about the carers society up on the intertubes, and having done so wanted a hard copy of it. Only she doesn't know how to print from her laptop. So she did the next best thing. She went, laptop in hand (open, running, and still displaying the web page) to the public library. To seek assistance and advice from the local librarions? Nope. To *use the phorocopier*
Yes. She tried to photocopy the laptop display. As a result her grand and a bit HP laptop is now a flaptop. Lappy hinges do not, it seems, stand up to having the form-feed lid of a photocopier closed down on them suddenly.
I have a headache just contemplating it.
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Date: 2007-12-04 04:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-04 04:55 pm (UTC)Wow.
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Date: 2007-12-04 04:59 pm (UTC)I'm so glad I didn't take that sip of coffee or my nice new keyboard would be splattered.
Thanks for sharing. ^_^
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Date: 2007-12-04 05:03 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-12-04 05:12 pm (UTC)Damn, I must ring her right awa...no, I don't think I will, somehow. Laughing hysterically down the phone at someone is really not polite, is it?
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Date: 2007-12-04 05:12 pm (UTC)The remainder of my faith in humanity has been shattered.
We are on the way to extinction.
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Date: 2007-12-04 05:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-04 05:18 pm (UTC)Wha?
BWAH-HA-HA-HA-HA!
New HP Laptop: $1000
photocopying charge: $.50
pwned by a photocopier! Priceless!
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Date: 2007-12-04 05:23 pm (UTC)New HP laptop *$2,000*...UKP 1,100!
This was not a cheapo booboo.
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Date: 2007-12-04 05:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-04 05:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-04 05:45 pm (UTC)See, she was trying to get information about the carers society up on the intertubes, and having done so wanted a hard copy of it. Only she doesn't know how to print from her laptop. So she did the next best thing. She went, laptop in hand...
"Oh, no, no she couldn't possibly have..."
To *use the phorocopier*
"She did! Oh, by all the dead gods!"
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Date: 2007-12-04 05:47 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-12-04 06:33 pm (UTC)Now, nailing the 32" LCD TV to the wall with masonry nails...*through the screen*, as a surprise for her husband...and boy, was he surprised...
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Date: 2007-12-04 07:11 pm (UTC)That beats my 'stupid motorist law' by miles. You win at the Internets. She loses at life.
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Date: 2007-12-04 07:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-04 08:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-12-04 08:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-04 08:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-04 10:30 pm (UTC)... mind you I have to ask: what kind of job do you do where someone could have you do a callout for their goldfish!? :|
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Date: 2007-12-04 10:49 pm (UTC)And this is not actually work based. I do GG support for free. I have no idea why. Masochism maybe? Or that fascination rabbits on the road have for approaching car headlights...
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Date: 2007-12-04 10:35 pm (UTC)*cries*
I want to offer you a large plate of home-made cake and a hug to take away the pain, but nothing - NOTHING is going to make that any better. Oh god. Please. no.
*Check's poster's location*Phew - it's safe - she's not anywhere near here
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Date: 2007-12-04 10:37 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-12-05 01:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-05 04:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-05 05:48 am (UTC)"Flaptop" FOR THE WIN.
If you hadn't seen the results, I would totally think "urban legend".
Does her husband drink heavily?
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Date: 2007-12-05 07:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2008-05-15 10:57 pm (UTC)I did a long time ago.