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Friday 29 May 2009, 4:27pm

Geek saves Mac, not cat, from burning flat

We were watching Death Note when we smelled the unmistakable stench of something burning. 11:30pm, and the entire block of flats we live in erupted in fire alarms, and we dashed out of the flat in a hot panic.

I forgot my coat, my phone, my wallet, even my shoes. Then my brother pointed something out to me: despite the noise, panic and rushing, I'd still found time to unhook my MacBook and salvage it from what I believed was a burning building.

The burning, it transpired, was the fault of some tool who'd gone out for a fag and left his midnight feast burning on the stove. We've only just moved into this flat, and apparently it's not the first time something this ridiculous had happened.

But what apparently concerned my girlfriend more, is that of all the things I could've picked up as we rushed out of the door -- a fire extinguisher, a snack, Batman -- I saved my laptop.

It wasn't the first time I heard, "You know what, Nate -- I think you love that thing more than me."

I went back to finish watching Death Note.

My cat, Batman, distinctly unimpressed in her plantpot

Note that had I discovered the building actually was burning, I would have grabbed the cat before you could say 'i can has rescue'. There's no way I would actually have left her!

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I'm fairly certain the cat has enough sense to get out on her own. No matter how good a Mac is at crunching information, it doesn't have the common sense or the legs to walk itself out. You were wise to grab the Mac first. I have nothing to say about whether you love the Mac more than your GF. Those questions are best left unanswered. Loving both equally won't cut it. :)

Posted by Constable Odo on Fri 29 May, 2009 6:25 PM

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You can try and undig yourself from the hole you've just dug yourself into... You can even try and justify yourself to those around you including the GF, but Batman knows the truth deep down, that at the first whiff of smoke, you ran straight for the while plastic lovechild of Steve Jobs ;-)

Posted by Nanchatte on Fri 29 May, 2009 6:44 PM

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I completely understand.

Posted by GBrock on Fri 29 May, 2009 6:52 PM

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Batman would still have eight lives remaining. I will not comment on the girlfriend vs. MacBook; though, the gentleman already appears to be in the dog house.

Posted by barjar on Fri 29 May, 2009 8:39 PM

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Ironically someone i knew's apartment caught fire, and they all managed to escape, then he remembered he forgot his laptop, went back in and sadly never came out again

Posted by MacFan on Sat 30 May, 2009 5:41 AM

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