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Hung out at R's a bit tonight -- he was still running the Roomba when I got there, and while he was delighted with it, one of the Bluesmen was over and was Not Impressed. Pah!

And whoever said he was going to try to feed it stuff was totally right. Not change, thank goodness, but increasingly large pieces of tortilla chip. Yes, R has indeed reverting to subsistence on chips and salsa.

He loves that thing. He's bonded with it. We ran into Bland as we were walking back to my place...

Bland: What are you doing?
Me: Oh, just heading --
R: WALKING THE ROOMBA, OF COURSE.

Bless.

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[love-1776.livejournal.com]

How big of a chip can it eat?

Maybe R should name it.

[kessie.livejournal.com]

Awwww, bless. :D

[jade-dragoness.livejournal.com]

Walking the Roomba?

*falls over laughing* Oh, R! May he never change.

[keladry_lupin]

Has R named it?

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

He calls it ROOOOOOMba. :D

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

LOL. He calls it ROOOOOOMba. :D

[gypsyjr.livejournal.com]

It's like having a puppy, except it cleans up messes instead of making them.

[yarukage.livejournal.com]

Tell R I officially love him.
WALKING THE ROOMBA! XDDDDD Rightio, I'm taking ours for a walk tomorrow...

[deesarrachi.livejournal.com]

Do you have any idea how adorably domestic that sounds?

Also, I wish my room was big enough for me to justify getting a roomba. ;___; It would be like a wee pet! Only I could lock it in a closet when I got bored with it!

[lil-1337.livejournal.com]

*pets R* It's a damn good thing that he's cute.

[thecolourclear.livejournal.com]

Do you have any idea how adorably domestic that sounds?

I know!

Sam, I know you moved out, but you two keep having such ship-worthy moments!

[demotu.livejournal.com]

You're going to have to go to court to work out a joint-custody agreement. It's like having a baby after getting divorced.

[thesaneminority.livejournal.com]

Damnit, Sam, stop making me want a Roomba! I can't justify buying one when I'm not even in the damn country.

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

"Walking the Roomba" totally needs to be a euphemism in some Torchwood fic :D

[musyc]

I do hope you continue to keep in touch with R even if you're no longer roommates. Stories like these just can't disappear into the aether. XD

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I'd suggest his indulgent and cleanliness-obsessed mother get him one. But then it occurred to me that it'd fill her with jealous rage – someone else is cleaning my son's apartment! And he loves it more than he loves me!

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I think we will; we both want to stay in touch and we live close enough that it's easy to do so.

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[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

LOL, that is EXACTLY the thought process she would have.

Then she'd make the Roomba move out.

[ysabet.livejournal.com]

Did I or did I not wonder if he'd use a leash? I DID. **DIES DED**

[ysabet.livejournal.com]

...and then it could move in with you, and with YOUR roomba, and one day you'd come home and, oh gods, find them mating... **hides eyes**

They'd produce offspring like little mobile dustbusters, you know. Awwwwww.. a litter of roomblets!

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Roombabies :D

[ysabet.livejournal.com]

Wooooooombas! XD XD XD

[iamshadow.livejournal.com]

And whoever said he was going to try to feed it stuff was totally right.

*nods sagely*

One day, you will be as wise in the ways of men as me, young ones.

Although the fact that he was feeding it actual people food suggests a much deeper bond than I expected, considering the scant provisions R must be surviving on in your absence. I mean, change you can get back, but chips wouldn't be edible, even for R, after they've been Roombahed.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Has anyone ever tried running two roombas at the same time? Do they get territorial? Would they hunt each other down the way they anecdotally do with cats? Or would they find each other irresistible? I think this is a question worthy of a full-fledged scientific review.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Just as soon as the grant money comes through for a second roomba, I'll let you know :D

[frenchroast.livejournal.com]

LOL, that would be brilliant.

[cat63.livejournal.com]

R: WALKING THE ROOMBA, OF COURSE.

::splorfle!:: Oh, I do hope R never changes! :-)

Speaking of which, if "R" stands for "Roommate" and he's now your Ex-Roomate, does that mean he's become "ER" ? :-)

[surfergirl17.livejournal.com]

i really do adore him far more than I ought to.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

LOL! It would be apt, on occasion...

Have I mentioned how much I like your icon? :)

[cat63.livejournal.com]

Have I mentioned how much I like your icon? :)

I believe you may have done :-)

If you want it, feel free - it was made by jkpolk, who would doubtless appreciate a credit :-)

[midgetgems.livejournal.com]

I don't know what I want more, an R or a Roomba.

For some reason the last time you posted about R I had a really random thought. Do you ever have to think about his name before you say it in case you actually call him R? Lol, I'd get so confused. Same with Bulletproof temp and peeps.

I have a very random thought process...

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I totally do. I almost called his roommate "bland" the other day. And once in a while I have to stop and really think about what my grandmother's name is before I call her Mama Tickey :D

[midgetgems.livejournal.com]

Calling the roommate 'bland' would be quite embarrassing... My fiction writing course starts in two weeks *cries in a croner* I'm scared! *flails*

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

It'll be fine! :)

[thekittywolf.livejournal.com]

well, at least now you know what to get him for christmas. :) Get the other blues guys to chip in.

[aunty_marion]

And then they, and Sam, and R (and possibly Bland...) could recreate most of * batteries not included.