Television’s escape attempt foiled
Posted by Matthew on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @11:25AM
from the Gilligan-should-have-tried-this dept.
Matthew writes: A Toshiba flat screen television attempted an escape from its Oregon owner this week by emitting a signal in the 121.5MHz international distress signal frequency. The signal was picked up by satellite and routed to the Air Force Rescue Center at Langley Air Base in Virginia.
A contingent of local police, Civil Air Patrol, and Search and Rescue Personnel visited the college dorm room where the television had been living in captivity, but failed to appreciate that its deliberate channel changes to news coverage of prison abuse indicated that it needed to be rescued from its owner, who frequently left the Television on overnight while sleeping and while gone—causing heat stress. Authorities did however warn the student to keep the Television turned off or face a $10,000 fine for willingly broadcasting a false distress signal, and Toshiba rescued the television by replacing it with another at no cost.
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You kidding. Most people need to be rescued from their TV. Causes severe brain damage.
Comment by Anonymous Poster — October 19, 2004 @ 7:26 pm
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Yes, as always, I kidding.
Comment by Matthew — October 20, 2004 @ 3:41 pm
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You need a freaking preview button. Wait. That doesn't help me on Slashdot either
Oh wait… you do have a preview button…. What I really need is a mechanism to just ignore what I say… oh wait… that's what my wife is for.
Comment by Anonymous Poster — October 21, 2004 @ 6:39 am
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won't something think of the TVs!
Seriously, that sounded funnier in my head when the voice told me to say that.
Comment by Evil Waffle — October 21, 2004 @ 10:23 am