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Re: Most useless machine ever!
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I'd love that! Something to keep myself busy at work! Ha Ha. Or mount on the bike and mark the switch "ignition" to keep some thief busy till you show up.
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hehehe I love it! Brilliant. Where do I get one? Surely it takes a twisted mind to come up with a machine that does nothing but turn itself off. 
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funny, but not as wonderful as the bacon alarm clock (real product) 
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Re: Most useless machine ever!
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Keith,haven't you go anything better to do up on that mountian? 
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Yeah Keith! Marty's right, ya know! I mean, come on now! Shouldn't THAT at least be able change the channels or adjust the volume on your TV set, just like Thing here???  (dah dah dah DAH, snap snap)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Re: Most useless machine ever!
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Keith,haven't you go anything better to do up on that mountian?
You know how winter is Marty... ya get a little cabin fever, start looking around the place and next thing ya know yer putting stuff together for no particular reason.
But just think if the batteries ya save with that thing!!
And that thing you showed us there Dwight, well I HAD a version of that back in the 60s... it was called my little brother. Only problem was ya had to feed it!! 
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Check Pants
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Keith, You have actually stumbled upon a prototypical PEZ dispenser. Only the little hand is configured to toss out Peanut M&M's  jh
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Wait a minute, Keith! I'm a bit confused here now! Soooooo, you're sayin' your family kept your little brother in a BOX???!!! (wow...I didn't know your last name was Skinner!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Soooooo, you're sayin' your family kept your little brother in a BOX???!!!
We tried but he kept getting out. It was only a prototype. 
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I believe that I have more than once in my career produced the software equivalent of that lovely little box!
Thom
I might be wrong, I sometimes am.
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I looked at several sites that build variations, and saw a few
that made them in a wooden box instead of Plexiglas.
My favorite was a steel one with what looks to be a cats paw
coming out to flip the switch and an engraving that says,
“Leave me alone!â€
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maybe there's something wrong with the universe!
-Dr. Crusher
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Believe it or not we actually paid good money to make these in college. They call it a "BS Grinder."  You have no idea how much school loan interest I've paid on that little gadget (come to think of it, neither to I). I bet countless high school wood shop kids got to make these for free. It was part of an industrial sciences class required for my graphic design degree. Un-friggin-believable.
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Well ya know John, if we're NOW gonna start posting pictures in this thread of EVERY "useless machine" ever made out there, then I HOPE you realize that it's just a matter of time before SOMEBODY around here posts a picture of a Harley!!! (NOW see what you've started!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Don't be silly, Dwight. Hardley's make wonderful yard ornaments. And they look really good in the garage, especially if you add lot's of chrome. And if you park it out in the driveway, they can be a pretty good chick magnet. AND, if you're REAL bike is temporarily out of commission, you can even RIDE it, as long as it's not too far. 
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I believe that I have more than once in my career produced the software equivalent of that lovely little box!
Me too. But you know you've made it to the big time when your software shuts off everybody else's machine too.
Dave
Qui existimant se omnia scire faciunt vitam miseram nobis qui omnia valde scimus.
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Don't be silly, Dwight. Hardley's make wonderful yard ornaments. And they look really good in the garage, especially if you add lot's of chrome. And if you park it out in the driveway, they can be a pretty good chick magnet. AND, if you're REAL bike is temporarily out of commission, you can even RIDE it, as long as it's not too far.
You can ride those things? Learn sumpin' new everyday... 
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Don't be silly, Dwight. Hardley's make wonderful yard ornaments.
So do pink flamingos, but when everybody on your street has one it sort of loses its magic.
Dave
Qui existimant se omnia scire faciunt vitam miseram nobis qui omnia valde scimus.
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Yeah Rich, you made some very valid points there! Yep, some of them things ARE kind'a purdy alright! Yep, kind'a like what them there french folks might say are "objet d'art" pieces, in fact!  (yep, but then again I don't think I'd ever want to try and ride a Monet painting very far down the road either, ya know!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Hey, at least the one I posted actually burns calories. So it's not the MOST useless...
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Chesk this one out. Dueling Machines
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maybe there's something wrong with the universe!
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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ROFL! Those are nicer looking useless machines. The duel was like rock'em sock'em robots for retards.
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The duel was like rock'em sock'em robots for retards.
Now that's funny right there!
Thom
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