Hi dear

I have an iPod Shuffle I'll send you if you want it..... You can pay we with a couple of beers at Bicon ;)

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I have a slightly cranky 40GB iPod... its currently on bedroom duty, but i'm sure it could be dragged out of retirement...
However it *is* an iPod... so that might make you feel dirty...

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If I wouldn't be depriving you, that would be really great. I promise I won't even put RockBox on it...

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you can put on it what you want. it will occasionally whir its HDD in an annoying manner. This will be fixed by a couple of short taps against a work surface (preferably when its in its case).

Now how to get it to you?

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Well, that's the question innit. If wechsler can lend me his nano then it's probably easier not to...

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Monkey on your back? We want *picture*, dammit!

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~sigh~

It's a metaphor. As you well know.

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Actually I've not heard that one before.

Honest!

You know that if I had I'd be using it constantly.

What does it mean?

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It's usually used to refer to drug addiction... I've got no idea where it comes from - rhyming slang for smack or crack possibly?

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This idiom first appeared in the texts of Ancient Sumeria where substance abusers and others social outcasts were marked with a large scarlet monkey.

Apparantly.

Though some would also say that it refers the the way the baby monkeys cling to their mothers backs and thus represent a burden.

I prefer the Sumarian one though.

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I have an iPod nano at home that's been unused for $ages. I can bring it to BU tomorrow.

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That would be appreciated. I promise not to lose it ;)

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