Now what, Mr. genius IT guy??
This would not happen in my office in America.
My printer is out of order. Sigh.
It is out of order because a giant green beetle flew into the paper feeder. I saw it happen; he bbbzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzed in through the open window, and plopped right into the slot. (Reason #2 to sleep with my mouth closed.)
I tried to rescue him with tweezers, but he got spooked. A petulant child now, he will not come out, indeed he has burrowed deep inside where I can no longer see him.
I'm no etymologist (oh, golly, I'm atwitter with the opportunity just to use THAT word in a sentence), but when beetles get scared, they play dead. I have no idea how long it might be before he un-deads himself, and finds a way to crawl out (it's been 2 hours already). And short of cancelling my dinner tonight to hold a beetle exit vigil, there's no way for me to know. And so I wait, and hope that the next time I try a print job, there's no crrrrruuunnnnch as the paper feeds in.
I picked the whole thing up and shook it upside down a few times, to no avail. The darling men at my computer store in the piazza will think I did finally catch the bus to crazytown when I try to explain THIS one.
No, this would NOT happen in America. But it's a laugh a minute here:
Yes, I'll probably have to buy a new printer...
(wait for it!)
... mine has a bug.
My printer is out of order. Sigh.
It is out of order because a giant green beetle flew into the paper feeder. I saw it happen; he bbbzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzed in through the open window, and plopped right into the slot. (Reason #2 to sleep with my mouth closed.)
I tried to rescue him with tweezers, but he got spooked. A petulant child now, he will not come out, indeed he has burrowed deep inside where I can no longer see him.
I'm no etymologist (oh, golly, I'm atwitter with the opportunity just to use THAT word in a sentence), but when beetles get scared, they play dead. I have no idea how long it might be before he un-deads himself, and finds a way to crawl out (it's been 2 hours already). And short of cancelling my dinner tonight to hold a beetle exit vigil, there's no way for me to know. And so I wait, and hope that the next time I try a print job, there's no crrrrruuunnnnch as the paper feeds in.
I picked the whole thing up and shook it upside down a few times, to no avail. The darling men at my computer store in the piazza will think I did finally catch the bus to crazytown when I try to explain THIS one.
No, this would NOT happen in America. But it's a laugh a minute here:
Yes, I'll probably have to buy a new printer...
(wait for it!)
... mine has a bug.
posted by Viaggiatore | 5/26/2006
2 Comments:
In fact, such a thing could happen in America. In my days of living on campus and dealing with roaches (all residence halls in the mid-to-southern states have them) a relatively small one crawled right on in. I saw him do it as well - bugs must like an audience. After similar attempts to prod, tweeze and shake him out I simply printed a test page. There was the expected crunch and bug pieces parts spread across the paper. After a dozen pages or so the printer was cleaned out and has opporated fine ever since.
DaisyBoy
Now that is funny!!
LB
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