# Roomba! -- The Horror!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-the-horror/403808>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 12, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-the-horror/403808 "2007-05-12T04:12:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-the-horror/403808/41 "2007-05-15T18:33:34Z")

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[QUOTE=Jonathan Chance]  
Careful.

[I hear those things](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=695)

[can turn on you.](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=704)  
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_[Those evil natured robots,  
they’re programmed to destroy us](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq-W-4Izjwc)_

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-the-horror/403808/42 "2007-05-15T18:43:42Z")

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After two and a half months, Mrs. F. and I are quite happy with our Roomba, and our cats have gotten fairly used to it, so it’s not nearly as much fun to watch them anymore when it’s vacuuming.

We’re thinking of getting a [Robomow](http://www.friendlyrobotics.com/) next.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-the-horror/403808/43 "2007-05-15T19:05:33Z")

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[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben]  
I’m considering a Roomba Scheduler, since I’m allergic to both pollen and the effort of vacuuming. I’m not a pet person, so I wouldn’t be tormenting any felines with the Roomba.  
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I got a refurbished one on Amazon for about half the price of a new one. It was dead on arrival, so I sent it to the iRobot people and they sent me a new one. A brand new one. Woohoo! So I got a brand new Scheduler for about half price. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-the-horror/403808/44 "2007-05-15T20:05:42Z")

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They can be [tamed](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=757) by other anthromorpic PC’s and [chaos](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=758) occurs.

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**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-the-horror/403808/45 "2007-05-15T21:26:37Z")

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[QUOTE=Sierra Indigo]  
Here is a chance to pimp one of my favourite bloggers…

Sars ,writer of [Tomato Nation](http://tomatonation.com/?p=844) describes her two-cat household and the unholy lusts of the roomba…  
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OMG insanely funny. if i’d been wearing eye makeup it would have been ruined.

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