RX: "I think everybody will understand 'Elvis' used as a verb."
Me: "'To Elvis your television'?"
RX: "Exactly."
Me: "'Elvis', when used as a verb, means 'to shoot one's television'."
RX: "It's an effective remote control."
Me: "It's a hell of an 'off' button. Especially spectacular in the days of CRTs."
Friday, April 04, 2014
Overheard in the Office...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
15 comments:
I've always referred to it as "The Elvis Remote".
It is very satisfying. Everyone should do it once.
I love the line in the book "Crap Cars" speaking of the 300 Z saying the venerable Z Car had "done an Elvis".
Too rich for me. I'll stick to Elvising peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
After seeing some of the crap on TV I'm surprised it isn't done more often.
I thought "Doing an Elvis" meant dying while on the porcelain throne.
Robert has the ticket - we've used "Doing an Elvis" in EMS for decades.
While leaping to one's death from a sitting position in the loo is a classic Elvis, any mindlessly self destructive act performed without regard to loss of dignity or professional standing can be an Elvis.
Shooting a TV is an Elvis in that it is a mercy killing.
Yeah, Robert, but on the way there you get flabby and become an all flash, no substance version of your former self.
And the Z car was briefly killed off to complete the cycle :)
yep, "to elvis", aka "commode code". to brady down (slow one's heartbeat) to nothing, whilst straining to deliver The Turd That Ate The City. (aren't ER nurses fun conversationalists?)
Less satisfying with the flat screens.
"Corn?"
For once I take mild issue with Rx.
Is the term "control" really accurate when it only makes the device do one thing once?
1. It works from a distance.
2. Feedback is definite and immediate.
Is a detonator for HE an less a "remote control" in that the explosion only happens once?
I've used the phrase "to Elvis" so, under circumstances I won't elaborate on. Many, thank god, many years ago.
Post a Comment