But you also got awesome new computing box for xmas too, right? I think that makes it all okay.
Athywren - This Thing Is Just A Thingsays
I seriously considered getting my brother, who is a dad, a drone this year. I’m a little worried by how close I came to turning him into a stereotype.
I got him a dvd and a book instead – much less predictable!
carliesays
1. Spouse got Child 1 a nanodrone. It’s about 3 inches across.
2. My brothers got my dad a drone. (the “usual” size, on the smallish side).
Yep.
starfleetdudesays
Santa gave a drone to my wife this year, and she loves it!
robrosays
It’s enough of stereotype that the last panel of yesterday’s Zits comic strip showed dad sitting in his pajamas flying his Christmas drone. However, I’m a dad and I did not get a drone for Christmas.
slithey tove (twas brillig (stevem))says
Don’t worry, Mr. Stereotype, the Hoverboard [sic] fiasco snafu will distract everyone from the Drone crashes, watching innocent hoverboarders crash into bloody heaps.
But you missed out on the complete package: losing the drone 30 seconds later.
blfsays
Do sterotytpes get sniny drones?
Al Dentesays
PZ, does your drone come with Hellfire missiles or does it have a 20mm cannon?
tsigsays
Drone on, PZ, drone on.
chigau (違う)says
Bless your heart, tsig.
gardengnomesays
Deck the halls with wrecks of…
Die Anywaysays
I’ve tried to think of any valid reason I might have for acquiring such a toy. The only thing I could think of was equipping it with some sort of release clip and using it to carry my bait out from the beach to a point much farther than I could cast. Spying on my neighbor’s swimming pools seems a bit gauche.
blfsays
These whirly wingy thingys are sort of “meh” to the mildly deranged penguin, who prefers the organic version: A nice whopping huge trebuchet launching a yeowing kitty. It does take a bit more practice, at least to aim, and the ammo isn’t always cooperative (and you shouldn’t really nail it down (the usual solution) as that rather defeats the purpose), but you don’t have to worry about batteries or broken propellers. There is an art to skipping the kitty across the bay / lake… albeit it isn’t yet an Olympics sport.
(No cats were harmed in the testing of this comment. However, the horse is not amused. The nuts will release a statement later.)
Anrisays
Does it count if I’m an uncle, rather than a father, and didn’t receive, but gave drones to my nieces?
…I’m getting myself a larger one after the new year.
Whaddya mean, get a drone for Xmas? I already am a drone, year round.
tpyo alert
stereotytpe
Better stereotype than a drone dad. Or droning grandad.
But you also got awesome new computing box for xmas too, right? I think that makes it all okay.
I seriously considered getting my brother, who is a dad, a drone this year. I’m a little worried by how close I came to turning him into a stereotype.
I got him a dvd and a book instead – much less predictable!
1. Spouse got Child 1 a nanodrone. It’s about 3 inches across.
2. My brothers got my dad a drone. (the “usual” size, on the smallish side).
Yep.
Santa gave a drone to my wife this year, and she loves it!
It’s enough of stereotype that the last panel of yesterday’s Zits comic strip showed dad sitting in his pajamas flying his Christmas drone. However, I’m a dad and I did not get a drone for Christmas.
Don’t worry, Mr. Stereotype, the Hoverboard [sic] fiasco snafu will distract everyone from the Drone crashes, watching innocent hoverboarders crash into bloody heaps.
FYI:: http://toyland.gizmodo.com/you-can-now-pre-order-an-obscenely-expensive-but-workin-1749602238
for an REAL hoverboard (if you got the cash and can wait a bit)
But you missed out on the complete package: losing the drone 30 seconds later.
Do sterotytpes get sniny drones?
PZ, does your drone come with Hellfire missiles or does it have a 20mm cannon?
Drone on, PZ, drone on.
Bless your heart, tsig.
Deck the halls with wrecks of…
I’ve tried to think of any valid reason I might have for acquiring such a toy. The only thing I could think of was equipping it with some sort of release clip and using it to carry my bait out from the beach to a point much farther than I could cast. Spying on my neighbor’s swimming pools seems a bit gauche.
These whirly wingy thingys are sort of “meh” to the mildly deranged penguin, who prefers the organic version: A nice whopping huge trebuchet launching a yeowing kitty. It does take a bit more practice, at least to aim, and the ammo isn’t always cooperative (and you shouldn’t really nail it down (the usual solution) as that rather defeats the purpose), but you don’t have to worry about batteries or broken propellers. There is an art to skipping the kitty across the bay / lake… albeit it isn’t yet an Olympics sport.
(No cats were harmed in the testing of this comment. However, the horse is not amused. The nuts will release a statement later.)
Does it count if I’m an uncle, rather than a father, and didn’t receive, but gave drones to my nieces?
…I’m getting myself a larger one after the new year.