[OT] Blackberry (Was: 'Tone of the list' discussion)

[Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)]

On Fri, May 15, 2009 16:47, marc wrote:
> Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu) said:

*snip*

>> Every
>> other usage is just a "pimp my belt" toy. Sure it's cool to work with a
>>  BlackBerry in public, people who see you with "the shiney" think that
>> you must be someone important. I'm not saying that you aren't, but this
>> mailing list surely isn't. Really. Come on, be honest. It's just a
>> mailing list for Linux support. Get over it, nobody will die if you
>> wait a few hours.
>
> Hey! Someone say shiny! Where? Ooh!
>
>
> I watched the Ricky Gervais film, Ghost Town last might, 7/10-ish. The
> main dead guy, never let go of his Blackberry and was always fiddling with
> it - as they do, y'know. When (the living) Ricky asked him whether he ever
> got a signal, he replied, "Not yet, but I keep trying".
>
> You would have enjoyed that touch Amedee.

Probably :-)

I was also thinking about
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/04/19/funny-pictures-demands-my-immediate-attenshuns/