The little plastic thing

January 28, 2007

I am searching the office for a little plastic thing.

I’m not even sure what it’s called.

But if you get an Ipod, and you want to put it into a docking station? There’s a little plastic thing that will hold it in place. I have mine. My son would like me to find his.

His Ipod is over a year old. Since we had nothing to dock to, the little plastic thing was not necessary, until after I got speakers for Christmas.

And now, he wants the little plastic thing.

We have a ten room house, which I do not pick up. It is a big house. The plastic thing is little. This is not a combination favorable to success.

And I suspect that the little plastic thing sat on my desk for months. My desk is as bad, or worse, than the rest of the house. But I clean it a couple of times a year, usually when I am having writer’s block.

If there was a little plastic thing under a pile of papers the last time I cleaned, I would have found it, examined it, and said “What the hell is this little plastic thing?” And then, I would have thrown it out.

Space on my desk is at a premium. I can’t have little plastic things, getting between me and the Death of Rats Discworld figurine, or the three cups of dried out and useless pens, or the little hotel bottle of hair conditioner, that I thought was hand cream and have been spreading on my hands all winter.

Strangely, it works just as well, if not better, then lotion.

But it will not take the place of the little plastic thing, on my son’s wish list.

Considering how much everything else costs from Apple, how much do you think a replacement is likely to cost?

6 responses to “The little plastic thing”

  1. zhaneel says:

    I have two of those little plastic things, as it happens. Want one?

  2. zhaneel says:

    I have two of those little plastic things, as it happens. Want one?

  3. Anonymous says:

    that little plastic thing

    But if you get an Ipod, and you want to put it into a docking station?

    Yes. I have 1. 2. 3.. Could you send son down here ? I will pay 1 docking station.

  4. Anonymous says:

    that little plastic thing

    But if you get an Ipod, and you want to put it into a docking station?

    Yes. I have 1. 2. 3.. Could you send son down here ? I will pay 1 docking station.

  5. admin says:

    OK. Your offers intrigue me.

    I am looking for:

    Apple iPod Universal Dock Adapter 3-Pack for iPod with color display (40GB, 60GB)

    as seen here:

    http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=BB5C02F2&nplm=MA123G%2FA

    My son has the 60 gig Ipod with video. I tried to talk him down to a cheaper one by telling him he had to pay half. He went up to his room and got me $250.

    My kids do not have jobs, and I forget to pay their allowances (because I never have any cash). Either they’re getting money on the side from Grandpa and Grandma, or they’re dealing drugs.

    (I’m thinking grandparents, since if they had a drug business it would take initiative. I’d have to be under the grow light, watering the grass, making up little baggies, complaining that they were the ones who wanted to start a business, and they should be more responsible…)

    If either or both of you have the correct little plastic thingy, I’d be willing to trade for the things I found on my desk, while cleaning:

    A small whoopee cushion (unused)
    or
    A bag of gold pallette sequins

    I have no idea why they are there. But there they are.

  6. admin says:

    OK. Your offers intrigue me.

    I am looking for:

    Apple iPod Universal Dock Adapter 3-Pack for iPod with color display (40GB, 60GB)

    as seen here:

    http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=BB5C02F2&nplm=MA123G%2FA

    My son has the 60 gig Ipod with video. I tried to talk him down to a cheaper one by telling him he had to pay half. He went up to his room and got me $250.

    My kids do not have jobs, and I forget to pay their allowances (because I never have any cash). Either they’re getting money on the side from Grandpa and Grandma, or they’re dealing drugs.

    (I’m thinking grandparents, since if they had a drug business it would take initiative. I’d have to be under the grow light, watering the grass, making up little baggies, complaining that they were the ones who wanted to start a business, and they should be more responsible…)

    If either or both of you have the correct little plastic thingy, I’d be willing to trade for the things I found on my desk, while cleaning:

    A small whoopee cushion (unused)
    or
    A bag of gold pallette sequins

    I have no idea why they are there. But there they are.

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