Where Does The Light Go When The Light Goes Out?

[liadnan]

OK. What fucker stole the fuse? For Half of Central London.

I kid you not. Well, I exaggerate slightly. At first I thought it was just Lincoln's Inn library, where I was in the middle of a post of such startling wit it would have amazed you all. But o.. it goes further. The whole of the Inn. The Royal Courts of Justice. Half of Fleet Street. And on and on.

It's quite surprising how little you can do without electricity. As you can see, I have little excuse to bunk off: the laptop has a few hours of power in it, but I am supposed to be working on a bunch of deeds, difficult to comprehend at the best of times. And I'm in a gloomy little basement office.

I'd go and get a coffee. But all the coffeeshops are shut....

Comments

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

Cor - the electricity went off briefly here (Goodge Street) but straight back on... tough luck dude! You should come up my way and do your work in the wireless enabled sparkly Starbucks. Marvellous.

[liadnan]

Has just this moment come back on.

Would have done so... but laptop has not been taught about wireless.

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[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I'm half convinced that "wireless" is completely made up. I mean, can you see it?? Is that a no?? Thought so.

The Beast mocks the concept of "staying online for more than 30 seconds", so I fear teaching it about wireless would just make it chortle and fall over wriggling.

[liadnan]

Actually, this bugger gets confused when asked to go online when on battery: am v. much affeared it is about to collapse horribly. Power has now gone. Again.

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[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

Shiters! That's mental - any clues coming across down your way? If not I sense a City exodus to the West End soon (groo).

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[etherealfionna.livejournal.com]

I'm half convinced that "wireless" is completely made up.

Does that mean that all the little people really *do* live inside the TV?? I knew that shouting at the TV was a rational response, now I have my proof.

Quick! To the roof! Grab a pint on your way up!

[fairymelusine.livejournal.com]

('cause that's what we did when NY went dark, at any rate)


I shall imagine a post of startling wit.

Amazing. Truly.

[liadnan]

don't think it's anything like the scale of the NYC one: just one block where a large cunk of he legal profession works...

[fairymelusine.livejournal.com]

still, an excuse to drink is an excuse to drink.

come now. i know you know that.

[memetic-glutton.livejournal.com]

I traipsed down to London this evening to catch a gig, which was postponed till tomorrow due to the powercut. Not impressed. >=(