# Slightly PSPed off. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 29, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755 "2005-04-29T18:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/1 "2005-04-29T18:35:21Z")
I was all looking forward to bying a shiny new sony PSP with my shiny new wages and I find out they’ve pushed back the Euro launch 5 five FIVE! MONTHS. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4481991.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4481991.stm) pants. I might just by a DS and sony can fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/2 "2005-04-29T18:58:26Z")
How about getting one from overseas and a voltage converter (or what ever you need)? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/3 "2005-04-29T19:09:02Z")
Can you not order one from someplace like Amazon, or will they not ship to an overseas address until the UK release? If that’s the case, I’d be happy to cut your wait in half. Simply mail the money to me, I’ll buy it locally, and send you the unit in two or three months (slightly used). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/4 "2005-04-29T19:12:17Z")
I can get them on e-bay. But I fear I might blow my house up or something when I plug a foreign device (with a travel converter thingy) into my feeble Manx plugs. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/5 "2005-04-29T19:13:20Z")
I feel your pain. We have one, but there are few things for us to do with it because they decided to launch mostly sports games first and have only released 2 movies. Attention corporate guys: when you launch a new system, launch a _large variety_ of stuff to go with it so you sucker more of us out of our money at once. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/6 "2005-04-29T19:13:55Z")
Dude, only you can make “pants.” sound like a swear word. Well done! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/7 "2005-04-29T19:19:17Z")
😃 It’s a mild one, but I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/8 "2005-04-29T20:15:35Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Dude, only you can make “pants.” sound like a swear word. Well done! It’s not that uncommon. (“Pants” carries a different meaning across the pond, by the way. It dinna mean “trousers.”) When I hear “pants” used thusly (which is frequently) I always think of Stephen Fry, because he uses it so deliciously. Anyway, **Lobsang** , be grateful for five more months of relative productivity. Oh, wait, you’re already an SDMB addict like the rest of us. If you get a PSP, when will you _eat?_ ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/9 "2005-04-29T22:33:06Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > Pants" carries a different meaning across the pond, by the way. It dinna mean "trousers. Not only that, but I’ve heard that experts can determine the length of a relationship from pants “spreadage” alone. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/10 "2005-04-29T22:46:59Z")
> [@Pullet](#): > > I feel your pain. We have one, but there are few things for us to do with it because they decided to launch mostly sports games first and have only released 2 movies. Attention corporate guys: when you launch a new system, launch a _large variety_ of stuff to go with it so you sucker more of us out of our money at once. I’ve seen more than two movies for sale for it at Best Buy. Off the top of my head, I know I’ve seen “Spiderman” (included with the unit) and I also remember seeing “Kill Bill vol. 1” and “Pirates of the Caribbean” along with maybe two or three others. Take a look around, you might find more. And I played the game “Lumines” on my sister’s recently and it’s a blast. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/11 "2005-04-30T04:31:49Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I might just by a DS and sony can fuck off. I love my DS. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/12 "2005-04-30T12:17:28Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > When I hear “pants” used thusly (which is frequently) I always think of Stephen Fry, because he uses it so deliciously. Stephen Fry, and his Roget-like grasp of language, can make any word sound like anything he wants it to. He’s a linguistic maestro. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/13 "2005-04-30T14:52:39Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > I love my DS. Me too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Arwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/14 "2005-05-01T23:11:57Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I was all looking forward to bying a shiny new sony PSP with my shiny new wages and I find out they’ve pushed back the Euro launch 5 five FIVE! MONTHS. > > [BBC NEWS | Technology | PSP European launch in September](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4481991.stm) > > pants. I might just by a DS and sony can fuck off. So you blame them for underestimating the success of the PSP, huh? 😉 Dude, just order it online from [lik-sang.com](http://lik-sang.com) or [playasia.com](http://playasia.com). I did that way back in December, had it five days after launch. 211 Euros is the current going rate, and with the express delivery that you have to take on these type of orders, you’d have it in your home in 2 days for about 240 euros or something. And all these stupid comments on the mains plug? That’s silly. This one works all over the world, comes with a UK connection out of the box. Also, the Japanese region coding for DVDs is the same as Europe. Just go for it. I’ve got Ridge Racers and Lumines, and they are great games, the mp3 stuff works super as well as the movie/mp4 options. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Dinaroozie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dinaroozie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinaroozie)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/15 "2005-05-02T00:47:48Z")
> [@](#): > > From **Atheist Princess** : > > > [@Uvula Donar](#): > > > > I love my DS. > > Me too. 🙂 Me… also. I say the more DSs there are in the world, the better. Incidentally, it seems to me that ‘pants’ as a swearword is a British thing… I first encountered it at the website of a British game developer called [Rare](http://rareware.com). It’s certainly a worthy negative interjection. ~ Isaac ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/16 "2005-05-02T01:24:07Z")
> [@Dinaroozie](#): > > I first encountered it at the website of a British game developer called [Rare](http://rareware.com). [Bwahahaha](http://www.rareware.com/games/recent/mrpants/shots/mrpants_03.html)! How rare. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-psped-off/301755/17 "2005-05-02T15:38:59Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Stephen Fry, and his Roget-like grasp of language, can make any word sound like anything he wants it to. He’s a linguistic maestro. Quoting the man himself from _A bit…_ > [@](#): > > Our language, Tiger, our language: hundreds of thousands of available words; frillions of possible legitimate new ideas, so that I can say this sentence and be confident it has never been uttered before in the history of human communication: “Hold the newsreader’s nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.” One sentence, common words, but never before placed in that order. And yet; oh and yet, all of us spend our days saying the same things to each other, time after weary time, living by clichaic, learned response: “I love you”, “Don’t go in there”, “You have no right to say that”, “shut up”, “I’m hungry”, “that hurt”, “why should I?”, “it’s not my fault”, “help”, “Marjorie is dead”. You see? That surely is a thought to take out for a cream tea on a rainy Sunday afternoon.