Alright, I've been here from the biginning, and have never been able to figure out why people call it the Borg. What gives? Is there some Sci/Fi movie from the 60's I've never seen?
Alright, I've been here from the biginning, and have never been able to figure out why people call it the Borg. What gives? Is there some Sci/Fi movie from the 60's I've never seen?
The "Borg" was a society in Star Trek where there were no individuals...everyone was "wired in" as a single mentality for "the good of the whole", but not necessarily other societys. The popular quote from that concept was, "You will be assimilated..."
Hence the nickname for the big-box stores as the 'Borg...
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The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...
Hi Mike. The Borg originated in the TV series Star Trek, Next Generation. The Borg were a group of half automaton, half not, beings that moved throughout the galaxy destroying societies and assimilating the members thereof. There mantra of the Borg was "resistance is futile, you will be assimilated."
The marketing/growth patterns of both Home Depot and Loews have given them the the nickname of "the borg." They move into a town and essentially run the local hardware/lumber business out of business thus assimilating the them.
Best Regards, Ken
I thought HD was called the BORG for "Big Orange Retail Giant". When someone says BORG to me, I peronally only think of HD, and not Lowes and the other stores.
you said it just right
And then there is the resemblance between HD, Lowes and the BORG spacecraft. Great big BOXES!
"Big Orange Retail Giant"...thanks...goes to show that even questions that have been run before are worth checking out. I always assumed Ken's definition, and use the term in reference to any of the home improvement store chains. I'll probably continue to use it that way because the BORG I use is actually a BBRG (Lowe's).
Right on Aaron. Thats what I thought too. Anyway, they are a necessary but dominating evil...Originally Posted by Aaron Heck
Jerry
Yep, when I first heard the borg I didn't know what it meant. Took me about a year for someone to say Big orange retail giant! Kinda like walmart only orange
Jeff Sudmeier
"It's not the quality of the tool being used, it's the skills of the craftsman using the tool that really matter. Unfortunately, I don't have high quality in either"
I don't buy the Big Orange Retail thing. It's always about the SciFi. Next thing you know there'll be a posting about soilent green.
Interestingly enough, the acronym BORG also means "buying organization."
The borg also refers to the mindless meatheads you find working at these stores. They no nothing about what they do or what they sell unless it comes from the central collective.
IMO
Dan
A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a Danish.
Now that I understand borg, can someone explain "Gort! Klaatu barada nikto"?
Sounds very much like the Russian I'm trying to learn. I keep having to untie the knot in my tongue from all those consonants...Originally Posted by David Fried
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The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...
I would have to say that it sounds more Celtic, but then again that's just a stabOriginally Posted by Jim Becker
I can pay retail anywhere, so how's your service?
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