Fukobukuro 19: Fools Rush In
- This is a Fukobukuro, an unlucky bag
- That means it’s filled with worthless junk you wouldn’t buy knowingly, and you shouldn’t buy it sight unseen either
- We used to sell the same sort of thing as a “Fukubukuro”, or “lucky bag”, but the contents couldn’t live up to the name
- Before that, we used to sell the same sort of thing as a “BoC” (Bag of Crap) at Woot, but someone else runs that business now
- Long before that, you got your Japanese custom of Fukubukuro dating to the Meiji period, but all we really know about that is what’s on Wikipedia
- ONLY BUY ONE. Multiple orders will be canceled.
- (Or buy zero, if you’re smart.)
- Model: APRFU40
Mediocrebot's Prankstravaganza / Massacre
When I found Theresa she was busy welding nails onto the inside of a football helmet. She was quite surprised at my arrival, and had not anticipated that I would “solve” her prank so quickly. I explained that most of her prank ideas had not counted on a robot with slightly above human strength.
I had come to dread this moment. Through all of her rantings and deathtrap building, I had come to realize Theresa was a severely damaged person. Now that I was free, I anticipated a severe reaction.
Instead, she began to cry.
She told me she had failed. She had constructed this elaborate death house as a way of inflicting pranks on me. She figured as a robot I could take it, and that once I made my way through I would feel the appreciation and friendship I had for so long sought.
I was touched. I had completely misread my coworker Theresa. Though her methods were questionable, her heart truly was in the right place. I reached out to offer a hug.
That was when she threw the smoke bomb at me and escaped.