I might have mentioned to my girlfriend that I was thinking about buying a new PNY Attache Flash Drive for transferring data between my machines, you know… once or twice… in passing. She totally surprised me with one as a gift the other day. This thing is awesome, it’s incredibly fast to send data to and from, even faster than a harddrive! It has a cool little blinking light to show data transfers and comes complete with a USB cable and a quick release lanyard to wear around your neck. That’s the part that stopped me cold.
Since when has it become fashionable to wear geeky gadgets, is this the new geek bling? A few jewels on the case and a gold or silver chain would really pimp this thing out! What really attracted my attention though was opening the small package that the neck lanyard was wrapped in and reading the grim warnings printed on the cellophane.
Strangulation hazard? Well of course it is if you’re wearing it around your neck, but why give us ideas. The totally annoying ass in the cubicle next to you is always asking for it, give him one of these as a gift to wear, then sneak up behind him and strangle the bugger!
Geeks are well know for operating heavy machinery, the next time I’m repairing my freaking bulldozer I’ll be sure not to wear my flash drive around my neck thanks to this helpful warning!
And finally, we have the way overblown disclaimer of injuries. Not intended for geeks under 18 years of age. If you’re under 18 you’re too stupid to wear stuff around your neck is the apparent message.
If you’re older than 8 and really, really need this message, you’re polluting the gene pool! Get out please, you can use the convenient neck lanyard on yourself.
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Wow, what a nice girlfriend! You sure you didn’t do some major hinting there
LMAO @ “polluting the gene pool.” Those people DO sound too stupid to live!
Great blog! I’ll be back.
on May 3rd, 2006 at 8:55 am | #Link CommentYou’re saying the slide rule I keep in my pocket is not a geek-cred accessory? I think you are wrong. The line of hot geek girls waiting to offer me pie and sex when I sport that look is so long it can be seen from space.
on February 10th, 2007 at 1:36 pm | #Link Comment