20 May 2006
why big brother is not what it could be
Me: 'are they talking about elves?'
Mark: 'No. They're talking about themselves.' Hmmm.
By the way, if anyone has seen my glasses, please tell me. I've lost them somewhere - and I'm cross. I've also lost my walkman (yes I know, but I like tapes, especially my Pet Shop Boys albums from Deptford Market - 50p!). If I gave you either of these things in a misplaced fit of tipsy generosity, well, I didn't mean it, give them back...
Dominic Fox writes in re the perennially engaging and not at all silly monkey/robot debate:
'Additional choices: shaved, coiffured and manicured monkey, or a robot covered in artificial hair (+ some artificial robot version of a representative range of female mammalian exudations). You *might* swing the male vote a bit by offering them a three-way with a pair of female bonobos.'
[But I suspect that given the choice, the bonobos would rather pet each other, so to speak. I've seen them do this in real life - it's extremely sweet].
'I get the feeling Sylvia Plath might have gone for a cyberman. Do males who choose males still choose male robots? Do no females lust after the robot Maria from Metropolis?'
The debate widens!
Mark: 'No. They're talking about themselves.' Hmmm.
By the way, if anyone has seen my glasses, please tell me. I've lost them somewhere - and I'm cross. I've also lost my walkman (yes I know, but I like tapes, especially my Pet Shop Boys albums from Deptford Market - 50p!). If I gave you either of these things in a misplaced fit of tipsy generosity, well, I didn't mean it, give them back...
Dominic Fox writes in re the perennially engaging and not at all silly monkey/robot debate:
'Additional choices: shaved, coiffured and manicured monkey, or a robot covered in artificial hair (+ some artificial robot version of a representative range of female mammalian exudations). You *might* swing the male vote a bit by offering them a three-way with a pair of female bonobos.'
[But I suspect that given the choice, the bonobos would rather pet each other, so to speak. I've seen them do this in real life - it's extremely sweet].
'I get the feeling Sylvia Plath might have gone for a cyberman. Do males who choose males still choose male robots? Do no females lust after the robot Maria from Metropolis?'
The debate widens!
