YSaC, Vol. 1713: Sparky here killed the video star
2014 June 6
video player – $20
have video player your totaly interested was given to me i cant get it to work
So if we base our assessment of Sparky’s technology savvy based entirely on his or her ability to operate Craigslist, what strategies do we think they might have tried to get this video player working?
- Glaring at it
- Shouting at it
- Chewing on it
- Didn’t actually try anything
- Re-soldering the connections from the power supply to the main PCB
- Drooling
So many possibilities. Thanks, Mitch!
I’m totally going with error code I.D.-ten-T.
David Attenborough voice over:
And here we have the common trailer park sparky. Their main attributes include bad spelling, the inability to work simple electronics, and a propensity towards trying to sell things that were given to them for free. While not the rare not.a.lion, they do merit some investigation and study, if only based on their prolific breeding habits. Be advised to keep your distance when confronted with one in the wild. They often lack self control and several teeth. Under no circumstances provide them with beer, a pack of Pall Malls, and a ladder. You have been warned.
Gee, that was my whole plan to capture and neuter or spay the feral Sparky population.
Ahem….I spent 3 yrs. living in a trailer park, Mommy…
…and your point, CJ, is what?????
Ahem. Half my childhood was spent in a trailer park. Thus I speak from experience.
Did Sparky just try to go all Obi Wan on us with the “your totaly interested” thrown into the middle of that thing?
That is not the video player we’re looking for. Move along.
Sparky can’t get it to work. Maybe because it wasn’t designed to mow the lawn or bake cookies for the county fair.
By he way, I am interested in my…
…but I’m not interested in your…
…I’ll go so far as to say I might be interested in her…
“was given to me” translates to “I pulled this out of a dumpster”.
I get made fun of by co-workers for even owning a VCR and DVD player. Sparky doesn’t specify what type this player is….maybe it’s a laserdisc….it doesn’t work because he’s trying to put an 8-track cartridge in it……
1.
Jedis know how to spell.
2.
Sorry spark, betamax died with disco. Next time, remember not to dumpster dive behind the home of a person still wearing bell bottoms and driving a gremlin.
Looks to me like Sparky is selling one of his kids…
I’ll trade you, Sparky, for my youngest son.
I can’t get him to work, either.
You have to set the clock first.
Let’s not be hasty here. What if Sparky is Google, and is selling off YouTube?
If it’s one of these, it’s worth a lot more than $20 as an antique, working or not.