Andrew Simpson
James BoagIt's actually bad luck to say MacBook inside an office. You have to call it 'the Scottish Laptop'
john spurling@JamesBoag iOch
π¨π¦ Steve@JamesBoag Aahhhhh. Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!
Uncle 6 π@JamesBoag @anildash I have done. Every reference to the 12β model. Thatβs what comes of having it off with theater majors in college
β‘οΈ MG β‘οΈ #VoteBlue@JamesBoag I laughed out loud. Really loud.
Analog AI@JamesBoag After Apple tried to sue Lord Mackintosh over the use of his title, maybe that's not the best choice.
Jeffery Battersby@JamesBoag @anildash Im laughing so hard and want to send this to somebody, but none of my tech friends are theatre nerds and none of my theatre friends are tech nerds.
This is horrible!!
Pseudo Nym
Ed@JamesBoag this is also the correct way to pronounce MacBook.
nope@JamesBoag i need someone to mod a macbook with a custom tartan pattern now.
Uhro@JamesBoag In The Netherlands we call it βthe hot plateβ.
Dial Tone, Busy Signal *biiip*@JamesBoag I am also subtle about my use of the McBook.
Jesse Atkinson@JamesBoag @bryanjclark extremely slow clap π. π. π
Z O R A N G R B I C@JamesBoag A wott ? Scottish laptop. I feel stupid. What does it mean?
@zorangrbic Mac as in Macbeth ;)
Caledonia π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ@zorangrbic @JamesBoag Scottish names are known to begin with Mac (or in my case Mc π¬). Itβs a play (not Macbeth) on words. Get it now? π
KB@Caledonia @zorangrbic @JamesBoag
It's a bit more than that. There's a superstition in theatre that Shakespeare's play Macbeth should never be referred to by name, but rather as 'The Scottish Play'. Hence 'The Scottish Laptop'.
Sadly, explanation always spoils the joke, which I enjoyed. π
https://www.rsc.org.uk/macbeth/about-the-play/the-scottish-play
@decembr14 @Caledonia @JamesBoag I apologise for that. But not only did this make my day, it also broadened my horizon! π
Otto@decembr14 @Caledonia @zorangrbic @JamesBoag I will admit that I did not know of the superstition surrounding the name of that play. However, I deduced it from knowledge of Shakespeare, bad puns, and experiences with stage actors / theater people. π
@decembr14 @zorangrbic @JamesBoag I understood the reference just thought it needed an explanation re our names. My bad π€¦π»ββοΈ
Raniz
The Simpsons say Macbeth (Bad luck)
Alexander ShendiYou already have had your share of bad luck, if you have to use a MacBook.
Daniel Reeders
Christoph Wick@JamesBoag Shouldnβt it be called 'Son of Book'?
Michael Porter
Don't Mention Macbeth | Blackadder The Third | BBC Comedy Greats
SethPFR@JamesBoag When I played "Him" the cast called it, obviously "MacSeth"
Skovheks--@JamesBoag
I am pissed off it took me as long as it did to grok the grok π€£
I am pissed off it took me as long as it did to grok the grok π€£
Brittle Anxious Nonlinear Inco@JamesBoag It's not actually a Macbook unless it was made in the Scottish Highlands, otherwise it's just a sparkling laptop
Perry Lindstrom@JamesBoag
I wonder what the Venn diagram looks like for people who get that joke?
I wonder what the Venn diagram looks like for people who get that joke?
HistoPol (#HP) π΄ πΊπΈ π΄
Phil Stevens 
@JamesBoag Wouldn't it be the Son of the Laptop?
Hugh Ferguson@JamesBoag but what is the difference between MacBook and McBook πβ
RealBillyG@JamesBoag Methinks she doth ProTools too much
RenΓ©e@JamesBoag I chortled.
jeffsussna@JamesBoag whereas if itβs a windows laptop itβs Not Scottish π
dutchscientist
Don't Mention Macbeth | Blackadder The Third | BBC Comedy Greats
Sherri W (SyntaxSeed)@JamesBoag I'm a tech person married to a drama teacher & this is 100% awesome. π
Harry Turtledove
candlesnuff@JamesBoag Is it OK to refer to it as an MBP?
Essjay π³οΈβπ 
Workshopshed@JamesBoag I remember offices. People used the work in those in the olden days.
Stacey Cornelius@JamesBoag And now I'm going to have to change the way I pronounce it, because that is the best thing ever.