I can't hold this in any longer.

[krait]

DEAR FANDOM, AND ALSO THE REST OF THE WORLD,

"TAB A" GOES WITH "SLOT A", NOT WITH "SLOT B". BECAUSE TAB B, IN FACT, GOES WITH SLOT B. OTHERWISE YOU ARE BUILDING SOME KIND OF MOEBIUS STRIP OF ENDLESS TABS, EACH OFFSET BY ONE UNTIL THEY MUST EITHER LOOP BACK (TAB Z TO SLOT A) OR CONTINUE INTO INFINITY!

I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR APPLYING THIS IN ALL FUTURE FIC, WRITING, AND CONVERSATIONS.

THANKS,

KRAIT


P.S. No wonder you guys think IKEA furniture is so hard to assemble, if you can't manage the basic concept of 'parts should match up'!

Comments

wandering in from a link

[melannen]

...I always assumed "Tab A goes in Slot A" was for standard het PIV, and "Tab A goes in Slot B" was when you're ... repurposing Slot B against the manufacturer's instructions, with the aid of a lot of lubrication.

(okay most people use Tab A/Slot B for PIV sex too but this is how I keep from screaming when I see it.)

[toft]

LOL

[cheyinka]

I've had furniture instructions (I think for a desk) that really did go "put a in b, c in d, e in f" /o\
Fortunately there weren't more than thirteen such pairs, or things could have gotten complicated!

[blnchflr]

I agree with melannen and cheyinka :)

…But I'll rant with you on "here, here"?

Re: newbie question

[pebblerocker]

I think you'd have to be assembling... a torus? That seems to fit, topologically. (Topologically, everything's toruses except when it's not.)