Drabble by Kevin Fagan for June 02, 2020

Q: “Hey, Alexis, what’s the capital of Wyoming?”

A: “W.”

Remember Stressed spelled backwards is Desserts

Have you been able to get her to give you the finger (verbally, of course)? We threw some insults at her and she gave us a mechanical “BOOP” sound, as though to say “F-You”. HILARIOUS!

Would Alexis be the singular form of Alexa?

Alexis: ‘I gotta get out of the house.’

This has given me an idea for a Twilight Zone episode script….

Monthly cycle?

I guess even AI can only take so much.

I asked our Google Home what was the value of π, didn’t have the patience to listen to all of it. I’ll start it the next time I go out and see how long it runs.

I have a friend names Alexis and every time I mention her name in a conversation, Alexa pipes up that she doesn’t understand the question. My friend said the same thing happens to her when she’s on the phone having to give info like her name to someone. I know I can change the"wake word" but I just haven’t done it.

Sounds more like “Surli”… ☺

Sounds like Alexis could use some Midol.

Have you iPhone users tried asking Siri “how much wood can a woodchuck chuck?”

I forget which strip(s) I’ve told this story from NPR on: A preacher was sermonizing on today’s [even pre-COVID] lack of human contact. “We don’t even go shopping anymore! We just say, [here he named a brand of smart speaker], ’order 400 rolls of toilet paper!” One of his parishioners, listening to a live stream at home, heard him. So did her smart phone. One of the brand he mentioned …