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Toasted iPod
You’re standing by and enjoying a bonfire and listening to your iPod, suddenly a friend approaches and scares you. Your iPod fumbles between your fingers as it quickly descends into a firey grave. After the fire clears, you find your iPod burnt to a crisp… but it still turns on. The hard drive creates a loud “this can’t be good” sound and the outside of the iPod looks similar to a toasted marshmallow. The moral of the story… fire + iPod = bad.
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note to self:
don’t burn ipod
don’t burn li-ion battery
Wonder how a fully jacked Dell Precision M60 burns…...
Posted by qlop on October 6, 2004 at 7:10 AM (PST)
2
I may not have an iPod but I can certainly feel the pain.
Posted by Mando Gomez on October 6, 2004 at 7:29 AM (PST)
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WHY?
Posted by elwilly on October 6, 2004 at 7:43 AM (PST)
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pwn3d!
Posted by fenn on October 6, 2004 at 8:20 AM (PST)
5
a dell precision m60 doesnt work out of the box let alone burned
Posted by ha on October 6, 2004 at 8:53 AM (PST)
6
meh nothing well ever beat the powerbook in the oven
Posted by Zer0cool on October 6, 2004 at 9:46 AM (PST)
7
You should be chilling with PEOPLE when by the bonfire instead of listening to your iPod!
Posted by Ken on October 6, 2004 at 10:34 AM (PST)
8
most people bbq hot dogs
Posted by jumped on October 6, 2004 at 10:44 AM (PST)
9
Toasted marshmallows taste better.
Posted by jinzo-ningen on October 6, 2004 at 10:49 AM (PST)
10
Maybe he was playing something by Iron Maiden or Marilyn Manson and the subliminal messages told the iPod to end it all and jump into the fire!
Posted by j-rod on October 6, 2004 at 11:39 AM (PST)
11
I feel sorry for the owner.
Posted by dino in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada on October 6, 2004 at 1:58 PM (PST)
12
great ####### news admin - everytime someone breaks their ipod they should post to this news page?
get out of here
Posted by gabe on October 6, 2004 at 2:16 PM (PST)
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I’m sorry, j-rod… The question you were looking for was “What is “Sleep now in the fire” by rage against the machine?”
We also would have accepted “Fire” by Jimi Hendrix.
Posted by ajservo on October 6, 2004 at 2:48 PM (PST)
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I’m sorry gabe…you missed it too.
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/girlnextdoorthe/jumpintothefire.htm
iPod. “We can make each other happy…”
Posted by Harry Nilsson on October 6, 2004 at 3:24 PM (PST)
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I meant ajservo, of course. (blushes)
Posted by Harry Nilsson on October 6, 2004 at 3:25 PM (PST)
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Gabe, if the story doesn’t interest you, here’s a news flash - you DON’T HAVE TO READ IT. Really, no one is making you.
Posted by hippie on October 6, 2004 at 3:26 PM (PST)
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Ooo pretty cut about the iPod, on a side note however, i recon that could be the next new style of iPod casing, very interesting ideas come from other peoples misfortunes…
Posted by Matty on October 6, 2004 at 8:03 PM (PST)
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you’re all ####### queers.
Posted by anton on October 6, 2004 at 9:14 PM (PST)
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ARGH! You poor thing! I would have a heart attack if that happened to me.
Posted by trinket on October 6, 2004 at 11:22 PM (PST)
20
anton sounds like a bush supporter.
smoke em out!
smoke em out!
bomb the ###*ers!
get the gays!
Posted by bash the str8 guys back on October 7, 2004 at 1:40 AM (PST)
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