Off the top of my head, I can think of a scenario:

Say you're at a client site and need to make some last-minute adjustments. As you were unaware of the need to change anything, you didn't bring any a laptop with you. You could d/l GIMP to one of their PCs right there onsite, make the mods needed, and wrap up the job without having to shuttle back and forth between your office....

Better, maybe not. More interactive? Surely.

J.K. Rowling just called. She'd like a word with you.

Consider the average Slashdotter's social profile, I'd bet it'd be a 50-year-old drag queen and a handful of Ex-Lax.

I'd suggest they redo the insurance so that both Wal-mart *and* the decedent's survivors get money. That'd make it a bit more palatable to me.

Not only have I seen it, I showed it to my wife!

Uh, we are talking about Invasion Of The Samurai Sluts From Hell, right?

That's the problem here, though... they're not saying "There are no more monsters in your closet." They're saying "A monster could jump out at any moment, and only *we* can keep you safe!"

.... and then they go out for a night of drinking, leaving you alone with your fears.

When my wife and I go out to drink, we've found that avoiding the meat market is as simple as going to the nearest gay bar.

Percussive Maintenance is an art and a science...

Add me to the list, too.

I utterly detest Congress's choice of security theater over actual SECURITY, and refuse to fly until they stop playing pretend cop.

Laden or unladen?

Well, I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night....

I'm opposed to that idea...

It does a piss-poor job of determining the former..

Yeah, more and more I'm having to count on news agencies outside the US to find good reporting on news inside the US.

That, and the Fox News "We won the right to blatantly lie and call it news" SCOTUS case pretty much clenched it.