FunnyOrNot?

Can't be that old. These new-fangled mobile telephones
have only been available for a couple of decades.

Unless you were referring to the cottage version with two
blokes in the other cubicle.

 

And a sandwich afterwards.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

But not at the pie counter.

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but never during

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tim ate onebigcircle dote comme

 

there's a thing. Although it was in another thread, the "classic
cyberpunk" novel "Snowcrash" was mentioned in this newsgroup recently.

There's a bit in it, where the self-referentially-named central
character, who lives in a no-amenities garage, decides to pay
(literally) a visit to a commercial bathroom/washhouse facility. Now
it's always bothered me that he has a shower, and *then* takes a shit.

Surely that's just *wrong*?

Or is it me?

 

Depends if he gets out of the shower first.

 

It couldn't be more wrong.

 

this is my opinion. Maybe americans do poos that smell of pretty
flowers or something.

 

Did he turn the lights off when he left?

 

It's not just you.

In fact, it's put me right off reading the book altogether.

I finished Diamond Age by the same author last night. Had some great
ideas in it, and was 'well written', but, ultimately wasn't a very
satisfying story. Good in parts, but no more, imo.

 

[snowcrash]

it was a book of it's time - hasn't aged well at all. If you really
want to read some old-skool cyberpunk, read Gibson's "Neuromancer"
series.

"The Diamond Age" sucked. He's a very variable author. His
"Cryptonomicon" isn't perfect, but definitely worth having read.

 

no idea. On a related note, I've almost cured myself of my
OCD-inspired requirement of checking the gas cooker is turned off
before leaving the house.

 

****. Another potential source of amusement dashed.

 

darsy says...

Is that thunder I hear in the distance...

 

Aha, that explains this then

http://news.bbc.co.uk/enfield/video...ield_none_of_which_connect_to_each_other.html

 

I thought it quite funny. So did my colleages. My boss,
to whom I accidentally forwarded it, did not.

 

really, I've almost erradicated all the silly things I used to have to
do to get through the day. I achieved this by the darsy-self-help
technique of "telling myself to get a fucking grip".

 

heh.

 

hah.

 

well....it doesn't sound ever so slightly sarcastic, I'm afraid.