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Never say anything is "unbreakable".
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Never say anything is "unbreakable".
"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested." -
Reminiscent of the episode of Tomorrow's World where they demonstrated the new tough unbreakable safety glass for windscreens.
They showed how you could hit it with a sledge hammer and ...SMASH! ... turn it into thousands of tiny bits of glass.
Live TV was better.My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think. -
Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
So guys, the advert showing a block of ice on 1 side of the bowl and a blow torch on the other was a lie..."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Notice how there is a link for an "almost indestructable" hard drive
Some manufacturers know that everything has it's limitsCoffee's for closersComment
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Originally posted by cojak View PostI stopped believing that type of thing after the Pyrex incident...
So guys, the advert showing a block of ice on 1 side of the bowl and a blow torch on the other was a lie...Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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They shouldn't have left any hard spikes or corners nearby. It could probably stand up to any scenario apart from having the screen bashed against a spike.Comment
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