tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post3505135589621320403..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: They Have Sewn Up My NoseRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-27104544929713938832007-11-09T10:00:00.000-05:002007-11-09T10:00:00.000-05:00That's cheating! I didn't know about Omneon. "Iled...That's cheating! I didn't know about Omneon. "Iled the top-burned mess of towerdom" was where I would have gone, but I wasn't trading on insider information.<BR/><BR/><BR/>The horror of doing a Jenga to the racks hadn't occurred to me. There's a TV ad for a product better left unadvertised, wherein a librarian has a sudden tummyache and topples a whole library. Of course, that schtick belongs over at the Fallacist's, who's already been accused this morning of being a "radical Librarian." <BR/><BR/>There's a historical reason they call them "thumbscrews."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-40427048102344896662007-11-08T22:50:00.000-05:002007-11-08T22:50:00.000-05:00An' toppled th'topless racks of Omneon?* Nop...An' toppled th'topless racks of Omneon?* <BR/><BR/> Nope. Not even a flicker of failure. But I will never look at a rackmount keyboard/monitor drawer in quite the same way.<BR/><BR/> Those bedarned thumbscrews have been <I>un</I>screwed from the device. They're a menace to navigation!<BR/>____________________________<BR/>* (Our video servers are made by Omneon).Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-40005223258957170732007-11-08T22:38:00.000-05:002007-11-08T22:38:00.000-05:00Nothing shorted?Is this the face that luncheda tho...Nothing shorted?<BR/><BR/>Is this the face that lunched<BR/>a thousand chips?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-8019265968817177932007-11-08T20:26:00.000-05:002007-11-08T20:26:00.000-05:00...I am not sayin' nuthin'!...I am not sayin' <I>nuthin'!</I>Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-78312336333742699762007-11-08T19:58:00.000-05:002007-11-08T19:58:00.000-05:00Sorry to be so chatty, but isn't the word "furschl...Sorry to be so chatty, but isn't the word "furschlugginger" from MAD Magazine?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-65511899955370038512007-11-08T19:55:00.000-05:002007-11-08T19:55:00.000-05:00...Not yet...!...Not yet...!Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-58473227316165718802007-11-08T19:37:00.000-05:002007-11-08T19:37:00.000-05:00Ouch! You poor thing! I hope it doesn't hurt too m...Ouch! You poor thing! I hope it doesn't hurt too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com