Alternative uses for your laptop

If the computer was one of the biggest technological conquests of the twentieth century, then the portable computer is the icing on the cake. In a small rectangle of reduced width and light weight, made out of plastic or metal, there is an entire world of hidden possibilities. Here are some suggestions of uses that make the laptop an object adaptable to any situation, as strange as it may seem. If we open it, for instance...
Its shape, with two articulated surfaces, aside from working as a great shovel, can also offer us moments of great ease and rest in our busy daily life.



Closing it back, we'll be surprised to find that it can be turned into an magnificent nutcracker. The HP models were the ones that showed the best performance in this field. If we keep it closed, we'll be able to use it for countless tasks around the house, such as catching mice and killing flies.



However, if any brand will do when it comes to replacing a ping-pong racket, only the unusual MacIntosh is able to fry an egg, thanks to its aluminium body, concieved to dissipate heat...

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há muito tempo um post do Obvious não me deixava tão feliz:) Por motivos obvious :)
sandra leite em 9 de June de 2009

awesome post. loved the guy sitting on his laptop. just a slight reversal of roles.
anon em 17 de June de 2009

I use mine for porn.
vampire bill em 17 de June de 2009

Why is it "MacIntosh?" I mean really. It's a name. A common last name. Macintosh. Or Mac. Or Apple. But not MacIntosh or MAC. Because MAC is a hardware address and MacIntosh is... hopefully a typo.
uh em 17 de June de 2009

I disapprove
Anonymous em 18 de June de 2009

You could come up with 101 uses.......great idea guys
Christy em 18 de June de 2009

noooo what are tyou doing to your loaptop?!?!?!?!
sfdgdjuh nkjsfdhk em 19 de June de 2009

Lame... Pointless.. "ok" I looked for a 3rd reasing and it doesn't even get that much.
facts em 19 de June de 2009
Pedro Mendes em 19 de June de 2009

Uhoh - you can get away with the HP stuff but you are a brave man to ridicule the mighty Apple. I can just hear the rumble of a 1000 fanboys in the distance coming this way...
Tomaz em 19 de June de 2009

playing ping pong with a laptop shouldn't be too hard!
Nepal sites em 21 de June de 2009
bjr em 21 de June de 2009

Geeze; I had been seriously considering a large screen lap-top. There are too many nay sayers. I'll save my $1700.
urchin63 em 21 de June de 2009

You can also use it as a sandwich toaster
Stuart em 22 de June de 2009

and thats why you dont buy macs. i prefer to not have 1st degree burns on my legs
will em 23 de June de 2009

people who comment on these sites are f**ktards........oooops
PM em 21 de July de 2009

You did it! You did comment too... :D
seven em 21 de July de 2009