This was written by my friend Mike Arst, a very clever man whom I’ve entreated for years to start a weblog.<\/p>\n
iStatements<\/b><\/p>\n
In honor of the release of Apple’s new iPhone, which I just can’t seem to want (even though I know I should<\/i> want it), today several new product names occurred to me. Having decided that I probably can’t sell them for a small fortune on eBay (iBay?), I have decided to pass them along to you instead. No charge, even.<\/p>\n
This for someone who drops his little MP3 player: the iBroke<\/p>\n
For folks who enjoy listening to music while they’re eating their favorite Vietnamese soup: the iPho<\/p>\n
For workshops that are all about one’s self-esteem: the iMe<\/p>\n
(If they’re conducted in French: the iMoi)<\/p>\n
For people who developed a bit too much self-esteem at the workshops (and\/or for people who love odd-looking little jungle prosimians): the iI<\/p>\n
For people like me who are just plain slow, and proud of it: the iPlod<\/p>\n
For people who hate settling for less: the iMore<\/p>\n
Then again, for folks in the simpler-living movement: the iLess [contributed by co-worker]<\/p>\n
For people who loved “Young Frankenstein”: the iGor<\/p>\n
For the lonely fisherman in his boat: the iCod<\/p>\n
For the local crows who wake us up every morning: the iCawed<\/p>\n
For our infamous bad-tempered cat, of whom many people are justifiably terrified: the iClawed [also contributed by co-worker]<\/p>\n
For guys who had too much to drink and got rude at a party: the iPawed<\/p>\n
(The individual who behaves this way is the iClod)<\/p>\n
For the ladies who had to put up (but only briefly) with such rudeness: the iSlap<\/p>\n
(Could substitute the iClawed there)<\/p>\n
And last but not least, a product for the marketing people who have managed with great success to persuade us [I plead guilty] that we need all this electronic stuff:<\/p>\n
The iCon
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