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    How to Charge an iPod Using Electrolytes and an Onion

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Xander, Nov 15, 2007.

  1. Xander

    Xander Paranoid Android

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    How to Charge an iPod Using Electrolytes and an Onion
    Presented by Household Hacker

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    Now that I've seen everything, I'm going to bed.
     
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    Woot, time to stock up on onions to charge my iPod on road trips :D.
     
    Sam, Nov 15, 2007
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    Well that's sure something else.
     
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    Even though it's dead obvious, someone's going to do it so:

    This video is for comedy purposes only. Do not insert your USB plug into an onion.
     
    Lithus, Nov 15, 2007
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    I wonder how many onions I need to charge my laptop?
     
    hehe299792458, Nov 15, 2007
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    I actually went to the Household Hacker site, and I still can't figure out whether they are joking or actually serious...
     
    Redline, Nov 15, 2007
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    I don't think they're joking. But I don't quite understand the science of it...
     
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    Gatorade and USB plugs make onions soggy and difficult to chew, not to mention that plugging the iPod into your Mac just seems like an easier, less messy way to charge it. LOL
     
    bmwrob, Nov 15, 2007
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    Which reminds me, even though its dead obvious, someone's going to do it, so Apple issued this reminder back then for the first generation iPod Shuffle :p:

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    Sam, Nov 15, 2007
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