What is this blue thing?

[FilmGeek]

@toadspittle

[TMBG]What’s that blue thing / doing here?[/TMBG]

I’m ashamed that this is the first pointless They Might Be Giants reference.

I’m ashamed that I didn’t get in here soon enough to make it first.

[Little_Plastic_Ninja]

I think it’s Guinan’s hat. One of them.

[Antigen]

Well, folks, looks like we stumped poor John.

Thank you for your response.

We appreciate your interest in the significance of the blue scarf being tossed in the air on the cover of the Nokia 6010 phone user guide.

Your inquiry has been forwarded directly to our Marketing team for further review. Please allow three (3) business days for a response.

We appreciate your time and patience while we research your request. If you have any additional questions, please contact us. To ensure proper handling, please continue to use the current subject line.

Thank you for contacting Nokia.

Teresa
E-mail Specialist
Nokia, Inc.

Do you think they’ve called an emergency meeting in the marketing department to deal with customer confusion over their floating blue thing?

[Sunspace]

“Emergency meeting”. “Marketing team”. Yup. They’ve got the euphemisms down all right. When the Tentacled Horrors from the Tenth Dimension emerge to carry poor laina_f away, we’ll know who to blame…

[Jenaroph]

@John the E-mail Specialist

There is nothing worse than trying to figure out what is in a picture and not being able to.

Nothing worse? I can think of a lot of things that are worse. Car accidents, root canals, the flu, pets barfing on the couch…

[ioioio]

I got a response from Nokia Customer Service.

Dear Mokia,

Thank you for e-mailing Nokia’s Contact Center.

Congratulations on the purchase of your Nokia 6010 phone! We appreciate your interest in the graphic used on the cover of your phones user guide.

The blue object on the cover of the Nokia 6010 phone is a silk scarf being tossed freely into the air.

If you have any additional questions, please contact us. To ensure proper handling, please continue to use the current subject line.

Thank you for choosing Nokia for your mobile needs.

Teresa
E-mail Specialist
Nokia Inc.

They’re sticking with the scarf story.
I was really hoping to hear from John, who seems like a much warmer person, albeit a bit given to hyperbole. Perhaps Teresa is holding back a bit until she hears from the Marketing Department. I may write back and ask if it would be possible to see a picture of the alleged scarf when it is not airborne.

[Casey1505]

@Jenaroph

Nothing worse? I can think of a lot of things that are worse. Car accidents, root canals, the flu, pets barfing on the couch…

Pishaw. Minor inconveniences, I tell ya.

I wish my job was to come up with a purpose for a blue tinted Portuguese Man-o-War attacking a defenseless hand model to justify selling a cell phone. I’d surely give a softer reason than Tripler’s.

[Tapioca_Dextrin]

Can anyone imagine the conversations going on right now in Nokia customer support?

Hey Teresa, I just had the weirdest e-mail

Really John? I had a doozy five minutes ago, some guy with an obviously fake name wanting to know about the cover art

Not on a 6100?

You, too? Man, it’s sucks to be working Thanksgiving, but those guys are getting my panties in a bunch

Relax Teresa, just kick them upstairs to marketing - those guys will send the goon squad out

[Antigen]

I say we blitz them with e-mail inquiries about the alleged scarf until they’re forced to issue a press release explaining the reasoning behind their imagery.

[ioioio]

I’m gonna feel pretty bad if I see a news story that the Nokia Marketing Department have all committed ritual suicide due to embarrassing their company with this blue thing. Of course the story could just be coverup to avoid panicking the public with the true story, which is that they met a horrible death at the tentacles of the Blue Horror from the Tenth Dimension.