Big Room n.
(Also `Big Blue Room') The extremely
large room with the blue ceiling and intensely bright light (during
the day) or black ceiling with lots of tiny night-lights (during
the night) found outside all computer installations. "He can't
come to the phone right now, he's somewhere out in the Big Room."
(Also `Big Blue Room') The extremely
large room with the blue ceiling and intensely bright light (during
the day) or black ceiling with lots of tiny night-lights (during
the night) found outside all computer installations. "He can't
come to the phone right now, he's somewhere out in the Big Room."
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- Big Room n.
(Also `Big Blue Room') The extremely
large room with the blue ceiling and intensely bright light (during
the day) or black ceiling with lots of tiny night-lights (during
the night) found outside all computer installations.
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Marge: Remember to take a break if your arms go numb... - Well now on a summer night, in a dusky room
Come a little piece of the Lord's undying light
Crying like he swallowed the fiery moon
In his mother's arms.
In a world so hard and dirty, so fouled and confused... - He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by
flicking a switch... - You are in a very, *very* strange room. The whole atmosphere seems to
be be crawling with a powerful force.
At the north end of the room a fiercely fiercely bright... - You are in a small room with marble walls, floors,
and ceiling Your Your foot steps echo... - Banned on
Big Blue... - Shelby: "If you cannot make the big decisions, Commander,
I suggest you make room for someone who can." -...
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