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Monday, November 21. 2005

I am filling out transport insurance forms to get my stuff moved from our sleepy University town to the big city. I am told that the insurance covers 'mechanical derangement' unless otherwise specified. I was wondering what the likelihood of mechanical derangement is? I once saw my vacuum cleaner, iron and iPod bond together to form some sort of pseudo-intelligent animal that tried to murder my brother. Insurance wouldn't let me claim on the iron burns, sneaky tricksters.

This is a chance to share your story, have you been a victim of mechanical derangement.

Posted by Dominic White in Play at 15:55 | Comments (0) | Trackback (1)

Last modified on 2005-11-27 19:58

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Mechanical Derangement, part II
I liked the name so much I changed my blog description to 'mechanical derangement'. In my previous entry on the subject I was referring to a great sci-fi short story I had once read about a future where "millions of common, everyday objectsâ€”your

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