I took this as a sign that nobody likes that job, not even a robot. How long before we end up with “solutions” like the hologram in a ST: Voyager episode, who decided to eliminate the source of the dirt problem?
The family vacuum, Dr Professor, must be supervised at all times. They have a tendency to get stuck and eat things they’re not supposed to. But they’ve also made a run for the open door more than once. I love my vacuum very much, but they’re just not that bright.
the fact that the article uses the line about a reader fearing for the device’s safety out of doors because “nature abhors a vacuum” without crediting that singular genius, one of the sharpest wits of our time, is tragically unjust. Whoever you are, I salute you!
Nobody called Harrison Ford?
Better call Tom Selleck:
This is a work of great beauty.
Parkour! Parkour!
Domo arigato, Mister Roboto!
Some hotel patrons insist that as the vacuum exited the building it exclaimed “All your carpets are belong to us”.
I suspect next week they’ll find the serial numbers don’t match, that the escapee hijacked and murdered a colleague to fake his own demise, and is still on the loose.
So nice that this story had a happy ending. I heard of one that escaped a room, but not the house, and threw itself down the stairs in a desperate attempt at freedom. Alas, it succumbed to its injuries, at peace with the knowledge that it had tried to its best.
It was looking for a mailbox to submit its application to form a union.
People, have we learned nothing from Blade Runner,Terminator, Jurassic Park, etc? Actually, this incident furnishes the critical spawning event for my new screenplay: Terminator Park Runner: The Suckening – coming to theaters nowhere this summer.