Friday, 12 February 2010

Position Vacant: Robot

Seeking a robot to be my arms and legs. Like Inspector Gadget, except you obviously have your own robot body separate from mine, so not really like Inspector Gadget at all. Must be competent and cooperative. Willing and able to work in garden, cook, type, sew cushion covers, turn pages of books, keep secrets, make beds, wield a hairdryer, memorise telly guide, brew tea, etc. Tap dancing skills a bonus. Cute robotic squeaks acceptable, but no disputes relating to why something should be done differently to how I want it done. If you accept the position I am the benign domestic dictator and you my robot underling. We will start with making pesto. We can share the pesto.

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  1. LOL.
    Please send unsuccessful candidate robot to my way, too.

    Rachel xo
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  2. Hi, when you get your robot could you please post the name of the inventor or manufacturer? I sure could use a good live in PCA and I know a few more people who could too. :) TIA.
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  3. Yeah, seriously. I'm lucky in that my own arms and legs still work OK, but I don't seem to have enough of them to get the jobs done.
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  4. bluecoffeemug, Wacky Lisa and cinderkeys - you're all on the waiting list.

    A bird cheeped persistently at the window today. First applicant?
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  5. In my gap year before uni I was the arms and legs for someone with cerebral palsy. We never made pesto, but would did cook (and share) many roast chickens and cups of tea.

    These days I probably need someone to be mine - main prerequisite is a slightly unsteady hand to make wobbly drawings with.
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  6. Maybe we all need Wallace's robotic pants from Wallace and Grommit (Grand Day Out, I think?).
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  7. What a beautiful website! I also suffer from CFS/ME (disabled and homebound), and I found your website on a lonely, gloomy day. The words on your website took me to a beautiful garden on a lovely Spring day. Thank you.
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  8. Hello Mr Michael Nobbs, you would have been the sweetest arms and legs, with superior tea-making abilities. I could happily provide a slightly unsteady hand for wobbly drawings, but unfortunately am terribly far from Wales.

    Jennie, I'm going to have to look up Wallace and Gromit's magical robotic pants, I've never heard of them! (They sound good though!)

    Dear Anonymous, I am sorry to hear you were having a lonely, gloomy day - we can all relate, I'm sure. Sending lots of sunshine in your direction. I hope things are feeling better. Thank you so much for your kind words, and hope to see you again soon. :)
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  9. I think that this is what you are looking for.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108598/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrong_Trousers
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  10. You've never heard of The Wrong Trousers? Oh honey you are in for a treat!
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  11. Thanks for the links, Richard, I am now far better informed on this important issue.

    I'd never heard of The Wrong Trousers, Foodycat! Am in the process of rectifying this.
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  12. Hahaha, I ask for a robot body every single day. I am new to your blog and I really like it :)

    You should come visit me sometime at It's Time To Get Over How Fragile You Are so I can have more advice from people with the same type of illness :)
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  13. Hello there Annie, thanks for dropping by. Have just been for a visit over at yours.
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