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Oh, how I laughed over this one! It's an
"electric maid." Get it? This bloke stuck a big battery
under his end table and then wired up his gramophone, the coffee pot,
the immersion heater in his shaving mug, a doohicky to light the fire
in the fireplace, and another thingee which I think raises the window
blind to the clock so that everything would be ready and waiting for
him first thing in the morning. How bizarre is that? I
mean, honesty, look at all the wires he has strung all over his bed
room!
Of course, I then take one look at the spaghetti
junction of flexes and network cables behind my desk and the tangle of
power extensions under the bed to power the lamps, the cordless phone,
and the alarm clock and somehow I'm not so cocky. At least this
chap's wiring is a damn sight neater and he wakes up to hot coffee
while I don't even have a teasmaid. |
