Tue, March 29, 2005
Let's hear it for robots—10:04 AM
I know I gave the Robots movie a hard time, but when I think of robots in general, I've got nothing but love.
This week I ran out of aluminum foil, because I've been reheating a lot of pizza, and all those little foil squares really add up. (Don't worry, I was easily able to buy more because this isn't Russia.) As I placed the new roll of foil in the drawer, I realized that I still had a tiny bit left from the old one. I did my best to tuck it into the start of the new roll to avoid having two rolls in the drawer, but of course it was a mess. (Luckily, it's just foil, so that's okay.)
As I pitched the old roll and stowed the new roll again, I got to thinking - rather than having one giant heavy roll of foil, maybe I should've split it in two, and had two half-rolls. But I didn't do it, because I realized that it would be even more of a mess trying to roll the foil onto the other spool. Just like trying to rewrap paper towels once they've come unwound – you can do it, but it's lumpy and messy.
Which made me think: how do they do it? How do the Reynolds people, and the Bounty people, and the Charmin people get it so tight and perfect every time? How do the Q-tip people stack them so neatly in that little case when every time I try it looks like a half-finished game of pick up sticks?
The answer to each comes back the same: robots.
Brandon — Tue, 3/29/05 1:53pm
The answer to each comes back the same: robots.
This is also the answer to the question "How does Brandon manage to feed, dress and bathe himself on a daily basis?"
Joe Mulder — Tue, 3/29/05 3:28pm
I've been to Brandon's house, and, he's clearly thinking of "Go-bots."