Abby and Norma --- by Erika Hammerschmidt --- Jul 9, 2007

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TEXT OF COMIC:

Why don't you have a desktop computer?

I prefer to have just a laptop. Any other kind of computer causes conflicts between my instincts and my reason.

How so?

When a computer starts acting stupid, I usually feel like hitting it.

With a desktop, my knee-jerk urge is to punch the monitor-- even though my mind knows that the computer box is the part that's causing the problem. It's a "kill-the-messenger" response. I don't like that kind of contradiction in my thinking.

With a laptop, the part I get the urge to smack is pretty much the part that deserves it.

That's a lot of logical reasoning for an essentially illogical desire.

Well, that's a type of contradiction I can live with.