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''Full view of the computer room''
<p>The <b>computer room</b> is named for being the area of the <a href="/index.php?title=House_of_the_Brothers_Strong" title="House of the Brothers Strong">house of the Brothers Strong</a> in which <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad">Strong Bad</a>'s computer, currently the <a href="/index.php?title=Lappier" title="Lappier">Lappier</a>, is kept; as such, it is also where he answers most of his <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Email" title="Strong Bad Email">emails</a>. The computer sits on a rectangular table top next to a <a href="/index.php?title=Floppy_Disk_Container" title="Floppy Disk Container">container of floppy disks</a> labelled with the titles of computer games, usually from the 1980s-1990s era.
 
</p><p>In <a href="/index.php?title=no_loafing" title="no loafing">no loafing</a>, Strong Bad <a href="/index.php?title=History_according_to_Strong_Bad" title="History according to Strong Bad">claims</a> to have been using the room since at least <a href="/index.php?title=1987" title="1987">1987</a>, when the <a href="/index.php?title=No_Loafing_Sign" title="No Loafing Sign">No Loafing sign</a> was hung on the wall to the far left of the table (although in the modern day, it is usually shown on the right). At the time, the room sported an orange floor and tacky wallpaper featuring pears and flowers; the wallpaper has since been stripped down and the walls painted blue. There is burnt orange shag carpeting beneath the table (which the <a href="/index.php?title=Stooly" title="Stooly">stool</a> somehow manages to make <a href="/index.php?title=The_Geddup_Noise" title="The Geddup Noise">sound like wood as it scoots across</a>), and it abruptly ends on the left side, exposing gray flooring. <a href="/index.php?title=Mike_Chapman" title="Mike Chapman">Mike Chapman</a> makes fun of this oversight in the DVD commentary for <a href="/index.php?title=techno" title="techno">techno</a>, saying, "The Strong house has problems."
The '''computer room''' is named for being the area of the [[House of the Brothers Strong|house of the Brothers Strong]] in which [[Strong Bad]]'s computer, currently the [[Lappier]], is kept; as such, it is also where he answers most of his [[Strong Bad Email|emails]]. The computer sits on a rectangular table top next to a [[Floppy Disk Container|container of floppy disks]] labelled with the titles of computer games, usually from the 1980s-1990s era.
</p><p>Among the room's problems is its inconsistent layout — in <a href="/index.php?title=gimmicks" title="gimmicks">gimmicks</a>, the <a href="/index.php?title=Tandy_400" title="Tandy 400"></a></p>
 
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In [[no loafing]], Strong Bad [[History according to Strong Bad|claims]] to have been using the room since at least [[1987]], when the [[No Loafing Sign|No Loafing sign]] was hung on the wall to the far left of the table (although in the modern day, it is usually shown on the right). At the time, the room sported an orange floor and tacky wallpaper featuring pears and flowers; the wallpaper has since been stripped down and the walls painted blue. There is burnt orange shag carpeting beneath the table (which the [[Stooly|stool]] somehow manages to make [[The Geddup Noise|sound like wood as it scoots across]]), and it abruptly ends on the left side, exposing gray flooring. [[Mike Chapman]] makes fun of this oversight in the DVD commentary for [[techno]], saying, "The Strong house has problems."
 
Among the room's problems is its inconsistent layout — in [[gimmicks]], the [[Tandy 400]]



Latest revision as of 21:00, 18 July 2026

Full view of the computer room

The computer room is named for being the area of the house of the Brothers Strong in which Strong Bad's computer, currently the Lappier, is kept; as such, it is also where he answers most of his emails. The computer sits on a rectangular table top next to a container of floppy disks labelled with the titles of computer games, usually from the 1980s-1990s era.

In no loafing, Strong Bad claims to have been using the room since at least 1987, when the No Loafing sign was hung on the wall to the far left of the table (although in the modern day, it is usually shown on the right). At the time, the room sported an orange floor and tacky wallpaper featuring pears and flowers; the wallpaper has since been stripped down and the walls painted blue. There is burnt orange shag carpeting beneath the table (which the stool somehow manages to make sound like wood as it scoots across), and it abruptly ends on the left side, exposing gray flooring. Mike Chapman makes fun of this oversight in the DVD commentary for techno, saying, "The Strong house has problems."

Among the room's problems is its inconsistent layout — in gimmicks, the