Robot City - 04 - Prodigy by Asimov Isaac

Author:Asimov, Isaac [Asimov, Isaac]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

conversation last night was your first real contact with the human race, wasn’t it?” asked Derec, punching up a cup of coffee hom the diVenser.

“Yes, and an auspicious one it was, too.”

“Whose tone is elusive now, Harry? How long have your pathways been consumed with the objective to achieve humor?”

“Since the replicating disaster that almost, destroyed Robot City, from which you saved us, thank-you-verymuch.”

“And since then you’ve been pursuing your goal with the singlemindedness characteristic of robots?”

“How elseT’

“How else, indeed. Hasn’t it ever occurred to you diat even humor has its time and place, that the average human being simply can’t bear to be around someone who answers every query or nukes every casual observation with a smart remark? It gets predictable after a while, and can cause an otherwise pleasant social situation to undergo rapid deterioratiori. Which is another way of saying that it gets boring. Dull. Mundane. Predictable.”

“It fails to elicit the proper response.”

“Robots can’t laugh,4’ said Derec cryptically, sipping his coffee. As bitter as bile, it was exactly what his nerves cried out for.

“I see you have deduced the basic conundrum in which I’ve found myself since I embarked on my little project.”

“Behove me, it’s obvious. But seriously, Harry, how would you react if you were walking down the street and a manhole suddenly opened up beneath you and you fell in?”

“What is a manhole? Is that some kind of sexual reference?’

“Ali, no, a manhole is an opening in the street, usually covered, through which someone can enter into a sewer or a boiler.tv “Can you be certain there is nothing covertly sexual in those words? I have been diligently studying the craft of the double entendre, but there is much I have yet to grasp be-

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