Wednesday, April 22, 2009

YOU HAVE BEEN EATEN BY A GRUE

Email sent to me at work by Randal back in November, in response to a comment I'd made about being unable to answer the phone when he'd called earlier:


>> It’s Thursday afternoon and I am at the reference desk, 10 feet away from my phone, but a locked door separates us.

> Look desk.

>> The reference desk is bare, but for a posting of the library hours and some graffiti in white out.

> Look whiteout.

>> The white out graffiti says: "Greedo shot first."

> Look door.

>> The door is locked.

> Look lock.

>> You don't have a key.

> Look

>> You sure like to look a lot, don't you?

> Look floor.

>> Standard industrial carpet. You were expecting a trap door?

> Look phone.

>> Nothing fancy, though it does have a hands-free function.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN EATEN BY A GRUE.

2 comments:

Rebecca said...

That was the most awesome example of geekery I've seen all month :) Does Randal know that there is an adventure game for the iTouch?

Kim said...

Awesome! I used to play text-based adventure games on my Dad's TRS 80 Coco Colour Computer: there was one called Bedlam where you tried to escape from a mental institution. If I recall correctly the commands you had to use were pretty similar to what Randal was using. I LOVED those games. Look at what I found: http://www.figmentfly.com/bedlam/ - crazy!