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Utah Officials Warn TV Viewers Not To Shoot Their Old TV Sets
(Thanks to Allen at Division)
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I'll give my old TV a 20 second head start before I shoot it. I think that's fair.
Posted by: Pannus | June 29, 2009 at 03:07 PM
OOPS! i may have to join the witless protection program. and i don't even live in Utah. but i do live in a four letter word state, and i grew up in the other, and shot a few old tvs there.
Posted by: rickh | June 29, 2009 at 03:08 PM
Can I rough it up a little bit?
Posted by: Margaritaville | June 29, 2009 at 03:08 PM
how about waterboarding it?
Posted by: Braniff | June 29, 2009 at 03:19 PM
There is nothing more dangerous than a wounded TV set.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | June 29, 2009 at 03:22 PM
*Donates old TV to CJ*
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | June 29, 2009 at 03:23 PM
So I guess we can rule out Elvis hiding out in Utah.....
Posted by: Clark Kent | June 29, 2009 at 03:36 PM
I plan to subject mine to hours of Barry Manilow music. That's ok, right?
Posted by: Siouxie | June 29, 2009 at 03:45 PM
I had an aunt that always shot her old TV's. She had heard that you had to do it so the radiation wouldn't build up and cause the TV to explode. She was my favorite aunt but did have some unusual ideas. She was also an excellent shot.
Posted by: nursecindy | June 29, 2009 at 03:52 PM
An old, but little-known Bob Marley song, "I shot the TV, but I didn't shoot the stereo."
What? Not even in self defense?
I didn't like the way it was looking at me.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | June 29, 2009 at 04:00 PM
I shot the TV
But I did not shoot the DVD...
Posted by: Just Ducky | June 29, 2009 at 04:03 PM
Oops, sorry, Horace. Your post wasn't there last I looked.
Posted by: Just Ducky | June 29, 2009 at 04:06 PM
I only shot the TV after my 5-year-old got sucked into it.... because she was pretty annoying and now we can get a puppy!
Posted by: Clark Kent | June 29, 2009 at 04:07 PM
*snorks* at Horace and the Duckster.
Posted by: NotSherly | June 29, 2009 at 04:37 PM
It costs up to seven grand to dispose of a shot up TV? What are they doing, restoring it to mint condition? And does this apply to other shotup things? What if I shot up these old items: my printer? fridge? washing machine? computer? And the extra expense is because they have to get the lead out for recycling?
Posted by: Aussiegirl | June 29, 2009 at 04:56 PM
Aussie Girl - You should go agter your printer with a baseball bat, a la "Office Space". ("PC Load Letter? What the hell does that mean?")
Posted by: Ms.Flukey | June 29, 2009 at 05:29 PM
Personally, I just take my old TVs out into the country and let them loose on a farm where they will have a nice home.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | June 29, 2009 at 05:46 PM
This is what happens when 24 stops airing.
Posted by: NotSherly | June 29, 2009 at 06:55 PM