Recent Happenings.
I love my wife.
I really do.
But....
I just don't really understand her.
She came up to me the other day and let me know (in no uncertain terms) that she needs a new computer. Not that she doesn't have a computer, mind you. She has a rather nice computer. Not too bad, anyhow. But she needs a new one.
Why?
That's what I don't know. I think it's because I built 7Bates a very nice computer earlier in the year. But I'm easy. So I asked her, what kind of computer do you want?
A blue one.
That's it. I just don't get it. The answer is supposed to have to do with function. Or at least with performance. Or something. Not a color. Couldn't I just paint your old computer? Couldn't I just take the guts out of your old computer and put them in a new case? No. That wouldn't be a new computer. That would be her same old boring computer. She wants one that's new. And spiffy. And blue. It has to have lights on it, too. And some sort of dial or digital readout. And it has to be new. And it has to be blue. So I asked her if it could be Old and Borrowed, while we were at it, but she let me know that that isn't funny.
So I have to build a new computer for my wife now.
Not that there is anything wrong with her old computer.
It doesn't have to work.
It just has to be pretty. With a dial on it. And it has to be blue.
You see, I just don't understand women at all.
Men are easy. Here's what it is, here's what it does.
Women? They just have no grasp of the functionality of an item.
I don't think they care about functionality at all.
Here's the proof: doilies.
Now what the heck is a doilie for? I'm not exactly sure what a doilie even is.
In fact no man in the world knows what a doilie is.
(Ok, I know, some guy out west is going to read this and reply and let me know that they are a guy, and they know what a doilie is. Ok, buddy. I gotcha. But lay off the soy products. The soy converts to estrogen in your body.)
Now I would never buy a doilie. I would never look at something and say, Hmmmm, needs a doilie. Or a slipcover, for that matter.
But I could use a wrench set though. But then again, wrenches are functional.
So there's my new project. A pretty blue computer.
posted by jagular @ 9:25 PM
5 Comments:
Sexy, baby!
I had a set of antique doilies that were handed down from generations previous and I threw them in goddamn trash because they didnt serve a purpose 100 years ago and they dont now.
Nice macheen mang.
ha! i'm the techno GEEK in this house! my honey can't even work the remotes most of the time, hence we have seperate computers as any sane house should have it. I spend hours drooling over things like memory, speed, ergonomics, how many things I can plug into it without frying it, and ways to get around actually putting anything on my pc's hard drive..not sure why I'm hung up on that one this week, but I bought some cool toys. I'm planning on buying honey a new puter for x-mas, but he said he will take mine, which is around a year old..so I guess I'm buying myself one? maybe I'll pull out my PC magazines and build one. But it has to be pink. To match the digital camera that I saw and loved but can't find again, it was rather pricey.. and it's not at the mass merchandising stores..
Don't forget to get the keyboard with back lighting in blue, that's on my list. Oh and a mouse too, that has to match too, what about her chair? Is that blue? Cause that ought to match also..
That is too funny! My computer is a really boring color.
Where's my spray paint!!
black dog: I think doilies were invented back in the days when women knitted all the sweaters. A doilie is really a "i was trying to make a sweater and this happened."
TTQ: We do, actually have separate puters in my house. Check out www.newegg.com for all the best prices.
Also, you can check out http://sevenbates.blogspot.com/2006/04/can-you-smell-what-murkot-is-cookin.html
for the last puter I built.
I did order some blue cold cathode lighting for the new one, as well as a blue keyboard and mouse, FYI. :P
And I totally love you for using the word "puter" in context.
leighann: I kinda figured you for a laptop, what with all the talk about starbucks, and all.
Hey, when's the next debt update?
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