I called my smartphone an Omnicom at work today

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I called my smartphone an Omnicom at work today #255450 12/01/12 07:21 PM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 703 St. Louis, Missouri Conjure Lass And then there was steak!
Conjure Lass And then there was steak! Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 703 St. Louis, Missouri	Somehow I can't help but feel that this is some sort of turning point in my fandom life. I didn't even blink. I just turned to my coworker and said "Oh, hold on, lemme just get my Omnicom". Their face was outstandingly priceless. Surely I'm not the ONLY Legion fan to ever call their smartphone that, right??

Re: I called my smartphone an Omnicom at work today #255451 12/01/12 08:05 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 29,461 Hudson Valley Kent Shakespeare Time Trapper
Kent Shakespeare Time Trapper Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 29,461 Hudson Valley	hah! how wonderfully geeky! No wonder you fit in here so well. The childhood friend Exnihil never had.

Re: I called my smartphone an Omnicom at work today #255452 12/01/12 09:59 PM
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Exnihil Legionnaire! Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,695	That absolutely rules! Now... if you start referring to your Bluetooth headset as a "telepathic earplug"... well...

Re: I called my smartphone an Omnicom at work today #255453 12/02/12 12:46 AM
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Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 86,150 Wouldn't you like to know?	I've used "sprock" and "nass" out loud before, too. Thankfully "sprock" rhymes with something else... Anyone else here wanna start referring to our cars as cruisers? The Continuing Adventures of the Postboot Legion! You can also check out the Recap Thread here. Re-Reading the Postboot Legion! Come on in and share your thoughts!

Re: I called my smartphone an Omnicom at work today #255454 12/02/12 01:07 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 25,675 Vanity, OR cleome58 Gen X > Space X
cleome58 Gen X > Space X Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 25,675 Vanity, OR	I'm not smart enough for a smart phone. I finally caved and bought the 9.99 un-smart version about seven months ago, but even that is frequently too complicated for me. (The only way you'll ever get me to text is at gunpoint, for instance.) When I started writing Legion fic again after a million-year hiatus, I didn't remember the term Omnicom. If indeed I ever knew it. I hadn't ever given the 5YG stories more than a cursory glance until about 3.5 years ago. When I wanted a term for hand-held computer devices, I used "field unit," which I cribbed from an entirely different comic. I should probably do one of those emergency search-and-replace things one of these days just to get the more Legion-y term in there-- even though I was only writing in the animated-verse. Hey, Kids! My "Cranky and Kitschy" collage art is now viewable on ipernity! Drop by and tell me that I sent you. updated often!

Re: I called my smartphone an Omnicom at work today #255455 12/02/12 05:21 PM
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.. Wanderer . Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 9,735	hmm...this gives me an idea for a custom skin for my phone

Re: I called my smartphone an Omnicom at work today Conjure Lass #769571 04/28/13 08:16 PM
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rickshaw1 Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 12,889 South Carolina	I would do that at work, but they have no idea what I would be talking about. Damn you, you kids! Get off my lawn or I'm callin' tha cops! Something pithy!

Re: I called my smartphone an Omnicom at work today Conjure Lass #769580 04/28/13 11:09 PM
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Rockhopper Lad Fabulous and Sparkly! Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 22,670 The Pyngwyn Colonies	The search function is having issues just now, but I seem to recall a thread here around the time the iPhone came on the market comparing it to an Omnicom. The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."

Re: I called my smartphone an Omnicom at work today Rockhopper Lad #770057 05/02/13 10:57 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,307 Manhattan, NY Shining Son Deputy
Shining Son Deputy Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,307 Manhattan, NY	So what functions does an Omnicom have that a smartphone doesn't? (For that matter what functions does an Omnicom have?)