Ricky [The Roomba] made us feel bad, too. For one, he couldn’t hold a battery charge to save his life, you could say, because it felt like we were always saying, “Ricky’s dead,” “Ricky died,” or my favorite, “Why you dead, Ricky?” And it was all the worse when he’d die in the middle of vacuuming, because it was like, wow, he loved us so much that he gave his life for our carpet. When we replaced Ricky with a soulless Dyson I felt awful — until my husband took Ricky to his office at work permanently, so it’s like Ricky got to go live on a farm and play with new people who will appreciate him.
Nattie – in a hilarious comment on the But, but is Johnny 5 alive? thread on Metafilter. (via bashford)