# Follow the red dotted line?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-the-red-dotted-line/656574>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 24, 2013, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-the-red-dotted-line/656574 "2013-04-24T07:36:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-the-red-dotted-line/656574/21 "2013-04-25T18:16:12Z")

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If I had to guess, I’d say the printer (whatever method it uses) at the factory was just out of red ink for a little while. I’m a bit surprised they went to the trouble to have two-color printing in the first place.

> [@Dallas\_Jones](#):
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> They always cut the blue wire. Don’t make me look this up on [tvtropes.com](http://tvtropes.com), I have things to do today.

"Well, at home, whenever something goes wrong with the dishwasher, I just jiggle the blue wire.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-the-red-dotted-line/656574/22 "2013-04-28T05:46:49Z")

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But in The Abyss, wasn’t it yellow or white? And Ed Harris had a yellow light so he couldn’t tell.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-the-red-dotted-line/656574/23 "2013-04-28T07:05:40Z")

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Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing toilet cakes.

As a WAG, perhaps there are red lines on the back side of the two units that you can’t see while they’re still in the package.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-the-red-dotted-line/656574/24 "2013-04-28T22:27:55Z")

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Step 4 is the most important. You should always wash your hands after touching your unit. Or anyone’s unit, really.

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