Children and robots

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Romilly is snoring quietly on the couch behind me, having fallen asleep towards the end of The Iron Giant. It’s not that she wasn’t enjoying the movie, it’s just that the last few days have been pretty tiring: birthdays, the Royal Show, Hampton the Hamster (please do not make me do that again), and oh-so-many new toys that just demand to be played with every second of the day.

I have decided that a loud, musical toy with potential for cacophonous creativity was perhaps not the best idea for a present for my own daughter. Someone else’s daughter, perhaps. In someone else’s house. Far, far away.

At least the batteries will eventually wear out, unlike those of a certain giant robot.

It’s funny, but The Iron Giant always makes me cry. It’s just one of those movies. There’s something touching about a giant robot that better understands and applies the concepts of humanity than we poor humans. Children and giant metal-eating robots from space: the future of the civilised world.

Oh, and beatnik artists that own scrap yards. We can’t forget them, I guess.

7 thoughts on “Children and robots”

  2. Thank you, Anonymous Typo Man — you have once again defended the world from a rather annoying typo.

    What is his secret identity? Will we ever know?

    Stay tuned!

    (because I’m bound to make more typos in the future)

  4. Forgive me, oh powerful one, for I did not guess your gender under that mask. Gender aside, you services are appreciated by we mere mortals.

  5. Da…..Da……Daaaaa (dramatic music)

    dont worry you secret identity is safe with me 🙂

  6. Glad to see I’m not the only sad sod that cry’s when watching certain emotional kids movies.

    Oh and Typo Woman missed a typo about 2 posts down….

    Will she find it?

    Guess we’ll have to stay tuned to the same Bat channel at the same bat time 😛

  7. Hmm… maybe I should review my words a little more often. Three misspellings and a typo later, I’m really wishing I had a giant robot of my own. Not for it’s laser armaments (though I’m sure they be useful when Romilly is misbehaving), but for it’s advanced proofreading skills.

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