Monday's battles / Friday's cube
A Fuel Cube Bot post.
It's Friday, 6:05 in the evening. Your first cup of tea since the 8:30 one has gone cold twice. Now you're holding a fresh one with both hands, eyes closed, not answering anybody. After a full day of trying to get through to the council, the takeaway driver arrives five minutes early. You consider leaving him a review that says "he cared". You've just built a bed using only the diagrams. One screw is left over. You're not looking into it. You're lying on the floor next to the bed with a biscuit, and it's the best biscuit of your life. Bath time with twins is over. Both are asleep. You sit on the edge of the bath for twenty minutes with a crisp packet, in silence, like a soldier home from the front. **Why it caught on:** in the 1984 cartoon the robots run on glowing pink energy cubes, and fans have always joked about them being the robot version of a well-earned pint.