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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Mac-iBook-...cmdZVi ewItem
Poor guy. His friends pulled a prank on him by putting his iBook in four layers of Ziploc bags and immersing it in Jell-o. Unfortunately, they forgot to SEAL the bags. |
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Small claims court should be his friend.
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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The guy seems to be all righteous/religious, to the point of letting these guys walk all over him. I can understand that he wants to still be friends with them, but he should probably try to get their parents to pay up if they can't.
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Fishhead Family Reunited
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Slightly Off Center
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I agree - he should hit up the parents.
It's entirely possible that the guys are such dicks that they left the bags unsealed on purpose, so they could claim the whole thing was accidental. |
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I puked at work.
Because I'm a pussy. Join Date: May 2004
Location: Head in a trash can.
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You can keep them as freinds.....they'd just be dead friends that's all.....
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I shot the sherrif.
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Honestly, how do you forget to seal 3 different zip lock bags? To me? Most likely event is that preachy roommate who's rubbing his Mac in his roommates faces gets what they think he has coming.
Pretend ignorance about all the ziplock bags, and voila! Instant funny. He comes off as clueless enough to perhaps have trouble being able to tell whether or not people actually like him, but I might be taking forum psychology one step too far. ^Argento, how's the side mirror and moonroof on your car? Got the money yet? I know your roommate isn't dead yet. Google is your frenemy. Caveat Emptor - Latin for tough titty I tend to interpret things in the way that's most hilarious to me |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Quoted for when the eBay page vanishes:
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owner for sale by house
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC
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That guy's a moron. His attempts at being funny are so lame they hurt. And the preachy thing is also very annoying. He comes off as somebody who is either naive beyond compare, or is simply retarded (in the actual sense, not as an insult).
Besides, people need to stop using eBay as their blogs ... |
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I puked at work.
Because I'm a pussy. Join Date: May 2004
Location: Head in a trash can.
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Totally awesome.
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I could see the Ziplock bags opening up if they didn't take all of the air out of them. Plus, there would be the weight of the Jello on it. The laptop probably would have been ruined anyway due to condensation since the liquid Jello needs to be hot before cooled down.
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Antimatter Man
Join Date: May 2004
Location: that interweb thing
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Understatement of the day on the eBay page:
"Condition: Used" not borked, or hosed, or dead, or f**cked... just 'used'. |
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I personally would sue the Apple Center for charging US$45 for 'looking' at it.
Wa*k&^s! |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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I'd absolutely kill them. If someone did that to my crappy Gateway I'd at least break their legs, and I hate my Gateway.
At the bottom, someone had a great idea that he should send the story to Jobs and the fine people at Jell-O, (Bill Cosby?) It would make a cute story and get the company some good press if they throw in a new laptop/some Jell-O. When I was in college we ate Ramen noodles, and I had a PB 140. Any jerk who put that in my notebook would be with Jimmy Hoffa. Last edited by Back2Mac : 2006-02-01 at 08:11. |
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Student extraordinaire
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canberra, Australia
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I wouldn't kill them. I would bloody want them to pay for a new laptop.
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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I smell a rat. Just all seems a bit much...
Then again, I don't believe anything or anyone at anytime, so... |
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Not a tame lion...
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Narnia
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That guy has some bad luck... purchase a new ibook (1.2ghz) in July 2005... only to have it immediately eclipsed by a 1.33ghz model (~26 July 2005), then some crazy people encase it in jello.
Doesnt sugar have some property that kills bacteria (i.e. stawberry jam doesn't go moldy). Sounds to me like someone wants a new MacBook and doesn't know how to pay for it... Additionally, I second the use of violence against people who dont respect automation equipment |
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is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Just a stupid question, but it occured to me that if the iBook was off and battery removed when it was sunk in jello, would it be still possilbe to salvage it by cleaning off everything off the parts within, since there wasn't any short circuits?
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Paris, France
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I agree with pscates2.0. The guy dropped his iBook off a cliff, noticed it was a goner, put it in jello and made up this story. He's not as stupid as he comes across: his English is relatively readable.
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: State of Flux
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owner for sale by house
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Heh, thanks. But seriously, there was also this "auction" of those guys whose PowerBook had been stolen (removed in the meantime). Basically a long description of what happened, plus some stuff about how the thieves had contacted them after they found the auction. Funny yes, but come on ...
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