TV skewered by Wii remote
December 5, 2006 on 2:46 pm | In TV Damage |
This is unbelieveable! I think the photo says it all. I’m waiting for some confirmation from the original poster of this image to verify that this actually happened during a revved-up game of bowling and will add to this later with more pics. In the meantime, let us know what you think in the comments!
Update: I’m confident that this is 4 real! We’ve had direct contact with Dave Hodges, who was there when it happened. He watched his friend Tyler do something to his 27″ CRT that RCA’s customer service department will probably never have seen before or since. He tells the story in full after the jump, and provides 3 more photos which will still leave you wondering “Is that really possible?” or make you fall off your chair laughing.
I wanted to know if that Wiimote really ended up stuck in the TV, or whether it had cracked the casing and the hole was made to improve the photo cred. Dave responds from West Virginia, USA:
“It did indeed end up stuck in the hole. Tyler is right handed but usually bowls putting a clockwise spin on the wiimote, this time he put a counterclockwise spin on it… lesson learned? Stick with what works in the first place! The great part is we pulled it out, laughed some more, replaced the batteries and backplate then continued to play (only in a milder manner this time around). We’re trying to figure out how to make a comfortable/stronger strap right now.”
Phew! We learn a few things from this little story:
1. It really is possible to do damage to an old fashioned tube TV (see updated stats on TV damage).
2. When over a million people are playing the same game, unlikely things can happen.
3. The Nintendo Wii Remote is virtually indestructable (we’ve yet to see a remote die despite all this slinging around)
4. Wii Sports can be very very funny. Did Tyler get a strike? Dave: “I cant remember if it was a strike or not, I was too busy laughing. I was crying my eyes out, along with the three other guys in the room.”
Anyway, here are some more photos.
I dunno about this one, the case on the TVs I would think would be harder than that, especially around the screen. I dont think the remote would jab in like that. Would be funny if that be the case.
Comment by Jon Anderson — December 5, 2006 #
Haha, believe me, I was there when it happened. The TV plastic is brittle it seems, it punched a section right out, which you’ll see when the rest of the photos are added.
Comment by Dave Hodges — December 5, 2006 #
Bullshit. The impact marks on the television plastic do not line up with the position of the Wii remote. It’s obvious the crack on the tv was made by an object that had a horizontal piece. The Wii remote had no parts that could make such an impression on the plastic wall.
Comment by Hector — December 5, 2006 #
Swear on my life the Wii remote made the hole. We pulled it at first, then replaced it to take the photos a day after. The crack was made by the wiimote slamming into the TV hard enough to punch a hole… The plastic appears to be thin and brittle, ever thrown a TV? It shatters! Ever thrown a Wiimote at a TV? It punches a hole…
Comment by Dave Hodges — December 5, 2006 #
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[…] Personalmente non vedo l’ora di mettere le mani sulla nuova console Nintendo, il Wii, disponibile in Italia da questa settimana, fatto sta che continuano a moltiplicarsi le segnalazioni dagli USA di persone che giocando con l’innovativo controller della console nipponica sono finiti col farsi male o danneggiare la casa. Eccone l’ultima dimostrazione, un Wii Remote conficcato violentemente nella televisione ! Personalmente ho qualche dubbio sull’autenticità della foto, resta il fatto che in molti si sono visti sfuggire il controller di mano finendo per distruggere la televisione o qualche vetro ! No related posts […]
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But, wouldn’t there then be damage done to the WiiMote, at all? If you can post a short video of you pressing around the edges of the hole to prove the plastic’s brittleness, then I will believe it. The only reason that I am skeptical is because of the other WiiMote damaged TV set prank pictures.
Comment by GAMERSUNITED — December 6, 2006 #
Wiimote attacks TV weak point for massive damage…
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Fake! Fake! Fake!
I have smashed many a TV and held\used the Wiimote… this is so fake.
Comment by gomer Pyle — December 6, 2006 #
If the Wii remote ever hits an LCD TV it would really mess it up.
Comment by Rob B — December 6, 2006 #
Fake, and Nintendo is for kids. Animal Crossing nerds.
Comment by Wii sucks. — December 6, 2006 #
Hey guys keep in the mind the TV is RCA, and those TVs suck ass and are cheap as hell. My strap broke today as well
Comment by Bret — December 6, 2006 #
I have three video’s for you guys, just have to upload them…
Comment by Dave Hodges — December 6, 2006 #
no, you don’t.
liar
Comment by DCube — December 6, 2006 #
That was a close one, you could have broke the screen.
Comment by Luis — December 6, 2006 #
by the way, alot of the bloggers are screaming fake because the bowling is on frame one, new game. Thats becaues the wiimote was taken out and used to finish the game. The next day I brought my camera and we stuck it back in to snatch the money shot.
Comment by Dave Hodges — December 6, 2006 #
This might be the case if his name was Chuck Norris.
Looks to me like he took a hammer and then stuck the remote into the hole.
Comment by Matt — December 6, 2006 #
So, how do you explain the severe damage to the TV stand right below the hole?
I suppose the Wiimote leapt from the hole, smashed the table and then bounced back into the hole in the TV frame…
More likely, the TV and stand were damaged at the same time and Nintendo of America had no part of it.
Comment by DVS — December 6, 2006 #
Playing With Your Wiimote Could Be Hazardous to Your TV……
Click picture for story…….
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i freakin agree with hector. there is no way a wii remote did this. plus put in another game if your going to take pictures. that looks like some gay animal crossing game. im mean are trying to look like a fruit cake.
Comment by jim — December 6, 2006 #
the damage below the TV was done many months prior, when one of us put our full body weight on it to reach the window behind it.
Comment by Dave Hodges — December 6, 2006 #
haha, another game? it’s Wii sports Bowling, the game that caused the hole…
Comment by Dave Hodges — December 6, 2006 #
나는 한국인입니다 Wii 를 저도 사고는싶어요
Sony PS3는 이제 Nintendo앞에 무릎을꿇게됩니다!
소니의 몰락! FC,SFC의 Nintendo 게임계 왕으로 부활!
so… Nintendo is good~
저는 현재 NDS Lite JET BLACK을 갖고있는데 재밌네요
Star fox WiFi많이합시다
From CAPCOM.
Comment by Korean boy CAPCOM — December 6, 2006 #
PS3 is Lose
Wii is Win!
SUPER POWER of the NINTENDO GREAT.
Comment by Korean boy CAPCOM — December 6, 2006 #
플레이스테이션2때 게임불감증이라는것이 생겼다 그래픽만 좋으면다냐? 게임의 재미는 그래픽이 아니라는걸 닌텐도가 말해주고있다
뭐? DS위닝이 실황중계가 아니라 재미없다고? 웃기는소리하지마라 그럼옛날 FC때 도트그래픽의 열혈축구같은건 실황은 커녕 2D였음에도 불구하고 대인기를 얻은게 뭐겠냐?
그래픽과 실황중계가 아니어도 재미만있으면되는거다
그런면에서 DS위닝은 충분히 가치가 있는게임인것이다
이글을 보는 몇몇 루리빠중 DS위닝 안티들에게 이글을 바침
그리고 닌텐도가 이번엔 확실히 이겼다 이로써 PS4도 안나올껄? 나온다고해도 Nintendo앞에 또 무릎꿇을것이다~
닌텐도는 게임의 본질을 먼저생각하고 만드는 투철한 정신이
있기때문이다.
Comment by NINTENDO™ — December 6, 2006 #
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Who’s sponsoring this site? Sony? Microsoft? This is ridiculous! People breaking their PDA’s with a wiimote? WTF? My room took damage using eyetoy or DDR dancemat, yes… but that was all because I was drunk!!!
You guys seriously need to get a life…
Cheers
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Xbox 360 FTW!
Comment by Colonel Pwnage — December 6, 2006 #
(*edit*) nasty comment with lots of rude words (*edit*)
Comment by lee riley — December 6, 2006 #
I don’t really understand the people who come and look at this, just to post a nasty comment. It’s really childish. Plus, he’s not whining. He is just posting a picture of what happened to his tv after a loose wiimote accident. Even if it is fake, you might as well take it as-is and go on, not start an idiot tirade about it.
Comment by shinsei — December 6, 2006 #
Well it looks like the TV works so no harm done right? lol
Comment by post_break — December 6, 2006 #
This story is true i have done it before i have even knocked my friend out so all you people who deny it are losers … try it out yourselfs it’s fun….by the way the wii sucks it is the rubish game console in the world it isnt even fun to play… try the playstation 3 i have one there amazing. =] bye thanks for readin =]
Comment by Joshua Negro — December 6, 2006 #
Haha, this is hilarious. This is the first experience I’ve had with “blogging”, and there are some very opinionated people out there. All I did was share the four photos with a few friends. I’m glad you all have the need to berate my friend for a pure accident, question my integrity because you know anything and everything about the physics of an airborne wiimote/structural integrity of an RCA TV shell/and the dynamics of plastic when hit with a projectile. I’m happy to say I have one of the funniest gaming memories firmly lodged in my brain, and will continue to enjoy this incident everytime I pick up the controller. Thanks for posting!
Comment by Dave Hodges — December 6, 2006 #
I could see the remote spearing into drywall or going through a window. But through the case of the TV is a bit far fetched
Comment by Jon — December 6, 2006 #
Look at the plastic, you can tell by looking at it, that the shell of the tv is made from very inferior quality of plastic, very thin, that grainy type texture degrades it even further and would be pretty easy to break.
The outer shell serves no purpose on those types of tv sets, other then to make it look less like a frame with a cathode ray tube.
I have a tv that looks not too dissimilar, and the outer plastic can be flexed with a little pressure from your finger or thumb. This is especially aparant when picking up the tv and moving it.
Comment by Tom — December 6, 2006 #
I wouldn’t care, as long as everything still worked, it would just be a souvenir of a fun memory
Comment by Ian — December 6, 2006 #
Dave, as far as the naysayers go…don’t sweat these immature imbeciles who can’t seem to grasp the fact that life in itself is entirely random, and that random things are by nature unexplainable events. Maybe one day they’ll get it, but not today…stop responding to them though, they’re not worth your breath (and their comments aren’t worth the oxygen they’re consuming during the time it takes for them to post them.
take care…great pics (I’m still giggling a little.)
Comment by Dana — December 6, 2006 #
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Hmm, this just goes to show you how well Nintendo builds its products. It’s almost reminiscent of the famous “Gulf War GameBoy.” While the Wii may be rather wee in terms of size and technical specifications, its design, price, engineering, controllers, utility, and first-party games are first-rate. While it may not have the software library of the X360 or the graphics mojo of the PS3, Nintendo can make a profit off of every Wii sold and hold its software prices down (for the time being.)
I highly doubt that Microsoft and Sony controllers (my friend had perpetual trouble with broken analog-stick centering springs) could stand up to anything like this without failure.
(Or it shows how cheaply RCA manufacturers have been building their sets for the past couple of years. Grandma’s old 27″ RCA from the mid-nineties has held up extremely well.)
To Sony/Microsoft fanboys lacking in intelligent criticism abilities: Maybe I should comment on the quirks of your systems, such as exorbitant prices, low availability, dearth of quality games, poor hardware design, and a nagging tendency to convert unfortunate users into simple, foul-mouthed page vandalizers who care little for the viewpoints of others.
Comment by Argo — December 6, 2006 #
Dana - Don’t worry, I’m having fun with this. It matters not what others think of the validity of the pictures. There will always be scepticism, and haters, but whats it really matter. I’ve been laughing the whole time!
Comment by Dave Hodges — December 6, 2006 #
Last weekend at a party one of my friends accidentally chucked the wii remote. It hit my banister, which is wood, and then bounced UP two stairs. The remote is fine, no visible damage and it still works 100%.
I believe the pic, and can verify that the remotes are indeed solid.
Comment by PurgatoryZ — December 6, 2006 #
This has to be a fake. Why are the batteries taken out of the Wiimote for the picture?
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I’m a big critic of Nintendo, their new controllers and think the nonstop Sony bashing is ridiculous. I also think the Wii will wind up being #2 or #3 after a couple of years, but even so… I do not buy this at all.
You can see a heavy crease or dent running horizontally across the puncture which likely caused the original crack or break in the plastic. I could see the Wiimote going INTO an existing crack or hole, but there’s no way in hell it punched through there like that. Not enough mass and you’d have to fire it out of a cannon to produce an impact like that - the physics just don’t add up.
Comment by pixelator — December 6, 2006 #
Early reports confirm the same problem affects PS3 controllers.
http://www.dxdec.com/wod/sixaxisdevastation.jpg
It looks like the only refuge is with the Xbox 360, the controllers of which would first need to be lifted before they could be thrown!
Comment by Wodeh — December 6, 2006 #
well this TV looks really like el-cheapo…. so nothing to wonder about…
Comment by realredfox — December 6, 2006 #
the batteries flew out… as said in the original story writeen above. reading comprehension owns you…
Comment by Dave Hodges — December 6, 2006 #
damn this is soo damn fake look how perfect the hole is cut lol lol good try faker
Comment by wiiman — December 6, 2006 #
” . Wii Sports can be very very funny. Did Tyler get a strike? Dave: “I cant remember if it was a strike or not, I was too busy laughing. I was crying my eyes out, along with the three other guys in the room.” ”
stoners :p
Comment by PuffMaN — December 6, 2006 #
I’m guessin that the remote flew out of his hands.. hit the TV.. fell on the floor and they stuck the remote in the hole that it left.
And now try to look for internet stardom.
Comment by HArry — December 6, 2006 #
i love this
i could totally see this happening
im just think its hilarious that thats were it hit
Comment by Lauren — December 7, 2006 #
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Does anybody really believe this crap? What kind of a retard lets go the WiiMote. I can only hope the next time it happens it ricochets off the TV (after smashing it to pieces of course) and takes them out. That’s called population control.
Anybody posting these kinds of stories either 1) is stupid or 2) just wants some attention.
You be the judge…
Comment by Slick — December 7, 2006 #
This is entirely possible. Someone COULD fake it, but anyone who says this is IMPOSSIBLE should atleast wait until they graduate 8th grade before thinking they have a handle on basic physics.
The plastic around an RCA television is absolute shite, especially the front, which offers no structural support- meaning absolutely NO incentive for RCA to reinforce it. You can probably put a pencil through it with enough force, so the weight of a Wii controller with batteries is certainly enough.
The obvious question you need to ask yourself is, “why the hell would someone fake this?” …If you have an answer to that, you’re probably just so pathetic that you wish you had thought of it first.
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I too call B.S. on this one. Come on, man - the very first story of Wiimote damage was by a guy who claimed his friend Tyler was playing Wii Sports Bowling too hard, and broke his LCD TV. Same exact situation? Either we need to never let our friends named Tyler play Wii, or you’re a liar. I opt for the latter.
Comment by JT — December 7, 2006 #
Wii玩家：看我给你玩儿个牛的…
这些Wii玩家再练练，估计小李飞刀就该隐退江湖了。原文。消息来源。 del.i……
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I HAVE THAT TV! I don’t think I’ll try this though.
Comment by Chad — December 7, 2006 #
晕哦。。。
咋个没有打电视打爆喃？？
Comment by Hugh — December 7, 2006 #
Haha, some of you are really getting upset about this. Like your whole world is going to shatter if you believed it happened…
This is absolutely hilarious.
Comment by Dave Hodges — December 7, 2006 #
Ah… the never-ending pool of Wii jokes…
Am I just puerile, or is it a British obsession with bodily functions ? I don’t know. Nor do I know if…
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TV skewered by Wii Remote…
This guy hurled his Wii remote with such inhuman fury that he actually pierced his TV…….
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“you’d have to fire it out of a cannon to produce an impact like that - the physics just don’t add up.”
Comment by pixelator — December 6, 2006
Obviously it does add up, there’s irrefutable photographic evidence for cryin’ out loud. Were you there? No. Are you a physician? I think not. Fargin naysayers. Thanks for sharing Dave.
Comment by DM — December 7, 2006 #
I have the same tv sitting in my attic cuz it stopped working right, and I just hit it with my golf club to get an idea if this was possible… no chance.
Comment by Matt — December 7, 2006 #
How hard was it balancing your TV on the tee? Did you have enough room in your attic for a full backswing? Perhaps your downswing needs more inside-out movement. What’s your handicap?
Comment by DM — December 7, 2006 #
Maybe there should be less of a question of wether or not this is fake, and more of a questioning of nintedo’s ability to make a reliable strap. They make their Wiimote projectiles of doom indestructible but they sure as hell dont seem to spend much time on ensuring they stay in ur hand.
Also now we see the fault in letting nerds play actively… they dont have the necessary motor functions to do anything other than button pressing. Go to the gym a little and improve your grip before you play Wii again.
Comment by Andris — December 7, 2006 #
Ooooh isn’t DM quick-witted? I detect skepticism, but just to elaborate, my attic is a full room that happens to be used for storage, and I wasn’t swinging like a wild man, but I took a few decent shots at the tv and it didn’t crack open, and it was sort of bouncy. Based on my experiment, the wiimote, with enough force, could possibly have broken the plastic, but not the way it is depicted here. I didn’t believe this for a second, and the word “gullible” comes to mind for people who believe these frauds. They’re getting exactly what they wanted from all you people who actually think its possible, and really, who gives a shit, but I thought your post was a little too smarmy to ignore.
Comment by Matt — December 8, 2006 #
Well all i got to say about people breakin there tv and windows.Yall are all dumb asses.Its not made to throw it like your throwin a base ball.So chill out.It starts gettin old seein all tha pics of people breakin there tv’s.DOWN WITH THE PS3!!!!!
Comment by Jose taco — December 8, 2006 #
wow ……its really amazing site……..bravo
wishes,
Samiha Esha
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A little ductape its as good as new!
Comment by Doc — December 8, 2006 #
Wii Damage fake! Theese pictures seems a bit fake to me.
Comment by Johannes — December 8, 2006 #
Fake Wii Damage! Theese pictures seems a bit fake to me.
Comment by Johannes — December 8, 2006 #
Good game, Tyler. Good game. Your TV has been Nintenowned.
Comment by Brian — December 8, 2006 #
Faaaaaaaaaaaaake - and not even funny!
Why is someone faking someone so boring? Fake a wiimote stuck in someones head or something like that!
Comment by Joerg — December 8, 2006 #
Things I learned in my life:
1. Alcohol kills germs.
2. Trust but verify.
3. “Sounds like bullsheet to me” is a good starting point of most stories.
Comment by still Unreal... — December 8, 2006 #
Oh, and by the way, “DM?”
Quit being a putz. If you have any photo manipulating experience at all, you’d know that you could FAKE a picture of you lovingly attached to a donkey if you had to. “Pictures” don’t prove squat.
…if you had to fake it.
Comment by still Unreal... — December 8, 2006 #
Pictures are evidence. They may not be -proof- because they can be faked, but considering how they (naturally) didn’t have a camera rolling when it happened, what else can they do to prove it?
There’s no proof that it happened, but unless we get a physicist or crime scene investigator to analyse the photos, there’s nothing to disprove it either.
If you’re SO CERTAIN that it’s a fake, prove it. Give us an explanation of why it couldn’t be real that is compelling enough to prove (beyond reasonable doubt) that it’s fake.
Without that there’s no real reason to dismiss it. Believe what you want, but screaming “fake” doesn’t lend you any credibility, either.
Comment by Colin — December 8, 2006 #
good thing it didn’t hit that skyline beside the tv
Comment by ceraf — December 8, 2006 #
Sooooooooo fake.
Comment by HI — December 9, 2006 #
ok i love this web site but for real i think its real
happy campin ^^
Comment by weird al — December 9, 2006 #
What’s really hilarious is how much fun Dave is getting out of listening to people argue over a hoax. Enjoy.
Comment by danman — December 9, 2006 #
i call shenanigans!!
Comment by rondini — December 9, 2006 #
STRIKE!! Great one
Comment by mv — December 9, 2006 #
Arguing online is like the Special Olympics, even if you win, your still retarded.
Comment by Joss — December 9, 2006 #
Faked.
but omg bright orange riced out skyrine!!! lololol
Comment by ben — December 9, 2006 #
It looks fake to me. I mean I look at the picture and they place the battery cover on the table as if hey look it flew apart. I think even if they took this pic the next day, it still looks to be terribly deceptive.
I don’t think their was enough force to do this. I think the TV was broken previously and it is an attempt to either get attention or try to go after Nintendo for money or a new tv.
I’m not calling the poster a liar, I’m just saying it don’t look like what really happened to me, or the whole story is not being told.
Comment by Fly — December 9, 2006 #
Oh ya, and the fact they continued afterwards. I guess the case wasnt enough to break, so lets try for the screen this time with a broken remote that we know fly’s out of our hands!!!
Comment by Fly — December 9, 2006 #
I find the idea entertaining. After seeing the damage a Wiimote can cause i deem the event possible. Weather it is true or false was not the point. It’s a post for shits and giggles. i found it laughable even more so that so many people stand so strongly that it has to be a fake. The guy isn’t trying to scam a new tv or sue Nintendo. he’s just sayin’: hey look and the dumbshit thing that happened to me. haha, isn’t it funny? It made me chuckle especially after seeing the kid who got smacked in the face with a wiimote and it left a welt on his face.
Comment by Mark — December 9, 2006 #
Wow — all this debate. Somebody call the MythBusters…
Comment by Austin — December 11, 2006 #
I think this isnt fake at alll
Today I threw this empty gum back at my bro, and it left a HUGE dent in my wall.
Seeing as the wii remote most likely outweighs the gum pack ten fold, i see this as a very likely scenario for the tv to have the plastic on the TV front break like that.
And for all of those that think its fake, grow up, just because ur in some junior high class doesnt make u king of the world yet.
Comment by haha — December 11, 2006 #
Hmm how did someone play with a Wii-remote without a battery? O_o…. putting it off the remote just for taking a photo seems nonsense for me …^_^
Comment by Alpha — December 11, 2006 #
Surely a fake. On the right of the “hole” there are scratches that surely aren’t originated from the hit of a Wiimote. Someones needing some fake attention here. That’s all. Boring.
Comment by Raven — December 11, 2006 #
Lol @ any nerd you would break their TV/window/wall/sibling just to get some attention… by people they can’t physically talk to and see.
If these cases are genuine, why are people throwing their controller at their TVs? Does it slide out of your hand or something when you swing or whatever?
Also, can people stop putting me off getting a Wii please!
Comment by Rob — December 11, 2006 #
““you’d have to fire it out of a cannon to produce an impact like that - the physics just don’t add up.”
Comment by pixelator — December 6, 2006
Obviously it does add up, there’s irrefutable photographic evidence for cryin’ out loud. Were you there? No. Are you a physician? I think not. Fargin naysayers. Thanks for sharing Dave. ”
comment by DM
DM - A physician is a doctor. A physicist, however, would be able to determine whether or not the wiimote could have stuck in like that. Nice try, but don’t be daft.
Comment by Jacob — December 11, 2006 #
nah.. not true..
Comment by J — December 11, 2006 #
Speaking as some one that has done many TV repairs over the years (no longer TV repairs and only doing computers now) I can easily believe this. The main structural integrity for most larger TV sets is only needed in the base area and even then since large TV’s are rarely moved, they don’t require strength of the same calibre as things that are portable and meant to take a lot of abuse. Also the thing about most anything that always seems to hold true, the cheaper it is to buy, the cheaper it has been built (aka you get what you pay for). Many of the lower end TV sets have been manufactured with very brittle plastics that brake very easily.
Now about the guy with the golf club….If you smacked an old 1970’s console TV with a club it WILL do some serious damage, and if you hit the screen directly with it make sure to use eye protection at the very least because that screen (which is MUCH stronger than the plastic on any modern TV) will pretty much explode…So you’re not telling the whole truth when you say you tried that (politely said).
I’m fully expecting some one to flame me on this so to stop just a few of them before they say I am full of sh**, I’m do not use xbox, ps anything or wii. My girls have a wii system though and looking at the controllers, they seem pretty dang strong, which is nice because buying replacements constantly gets annoying. It would easily do some serious damage to something more brittle that the more dense and flexible plastic used on the wii remotes.
Comment by Nemo — December 11, 2006 #
Fine i lied
Comment by Dave Hodges — December 12, 2006 #
I don’t think you lied at all. As i said above, the wii remotes seem pretty well made and sturdy. That combined with some one goofing off and deciding to see how hard they can make a ball go down the lane (something people do all the time on real bowling lanes) could easily punch through the tv plastic on todays tv’s. Heck, back when i was still doing tv repairs I saw all sorts of things stuck through the plastic housings on tv’s. Things like a pen one time, couple pencils, a fork, a wooden ruler and my personal favorite, a barbie doll stuck through the side head first up to the middle of the torso.
The ultimate though were some friends of mine that had a small studio that produced a show called “Son of Ghoul”. They were always looking for fun dumb things to do and regularly did bowling for tv’s. Set a tv on the floor in the studio, throw bowling balls at it.
Comment by Nemo — December 12, 2006 #
Not buying it. There are damage marks around the hole that don’t relate to the claimed damage by the Wii remote.
You’re just trying to get a free TV out of Nintendo, right?
Comment by Dave — December 12, 2006 #
how could people believe such a picture? lol, that isn real^-^
Comment by Daniela — December 12, 2006 #
jovelstefan vs. Wii: Gefahr für das Wohnzimmer!…
Wii gefährlich das wilde Zocken auf der Nintendo Wii sein kann, ist auf www.wiidamage.com nachzuschauen. Dort werden Unfälle mit der Wii dokumentiert, seien es Verletzungen an Personen, die in der Schußlinie standen oder Zerstörunge…
Trackback by jovelblog — December 12, 2006 #
Nemo,
Thanks for bringing an expert voice to this debate. As you point out, strange things can happen and they do. I don’t for a minute think this is a one-off. Keep checking back for more unlikely Wii Damage!
Comment by Damage — December 12, 2006 #
fake
Comment by stephen — December 12, 2006 #
LOL i laughed for a good 5 minuets. nice now i know to be careful with a wiimote
Comment by Erin — December 12, 2006 #
I don’t know, if it’s true, it’s funny as hell.
Comment by Johan — December 13, 2006 #
Haha, nice, someone impersonating me above, cute, very cute…
Does anybody read anymore? I did not submit this anywhere besides a few local car forums to share a laugh or two with some friends, and I do not feel the need to sue nintendo for something that is definitely not their fault.
Comment by Dave Hodges — December 13, 2006 #
Not funny! Stop impersonating me.
I’m a no-good liar.
And YOU are cute, sir!
Comment by The Real Dave Hodges — December 13, 2006 #
I don’t care if it’s fake or real, it’s a good pic.
Comment by Ozric — December 13, 2006 #
My colleagues and I had a look at the pictures and we can confirm…it’s real.
Comment by Gil Grissom — December 13, 2006 #
ITS REALZ
Comment by Dave Hodges — December 14, 2006 #
man that is hilarious, atleast we know that Nintendo builds a good product.
In the end does it matter if it is real or not? i mean he isn’t pursueing nintendo to get a new TV. All our lives will go on, can’t you just get a good laugh out of it? i mean it is hilarious lol
Comment by Zoe — December 14, 2006 #
Stop all the complaining.. if you don’t think it is real, lets tell MythBusters to do an episode on it! That would be fun!
Comment by douggle — December 14, 2006 #
Dave
Just wanted to remind you to come for dinner tonight. I’m out in town at the moment and i forgot my phone and address book. i remember you mentioned this website, so I try posting here in the hope you will get this message. See you tonight.
Love.
Mum
ps. Please don’t forget to bring back Dad’s hammer and photoshop CD.
Comment by Maria Hodges — December 14, 2006 #
[…] Sitemap Wie gefährlich ist die Wii? 14. Dezember 2006 Ich hab in letzter Zeit schon fter Berichte ber die Gefahr der Wii Kontroller gelesen. Daneben auch Auszge aus dem Handbuch, die illustrieren, wie gefhrlich der Kontroller sein kann. Anscheinend ist der sehr robust gebaut, nahezu unverwstlich und nicht gerade leicht. Zum Wii-Design gehrt nun, dass man mit dem Controller herumfuchteln muss. Mit der Bewegung im Raum steuert man die meisten Spiele. Das da mal schnell die Pferde mit einem durchgehen knnen ist klar. Beim Bowling ist es wohl so, dass man mal gerne den Kontroller loslsst, als wrde man den Bowlingball loslassen. An sich kein Problem man sichert die Wii mit einem Bndchen am Handgelenk. Diese scheint bei besonders enthusiastischen Gesten aber auch mal zu reien. Wii Damage hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, die Schden zu dokumentieren. Besonders lustig finde ich diesen Fall, in dem der Kontroller beim Bowlingspiel knapp neben der Rhre im Fernseher eingeschlagen ist. [Via Didjitalist] elien | Zuletzt bearbeitet: 14.12.06, 15:04 Tags: Fundstücke, Extremsport « Verkalkuliert ecam (offline) Suchen: […]
Pingback by Meine Gedanken von einem anderen Stern - Wie gefährlich ist die Wii? — December 14, 2006 #
god, you know what this show. that guy was going to get a strikr. i mean look how perfectly aimed he was for the middle of the screen.
Comment by icemaz — December 14, 2006 #
Check out the jeans.. the right one was CUT open so they could access her knee, so whoever said that the jean colours differed, look on the inside of your jeans…..
the paramedic would be at her arm for either comfort or taking her pulse and other necessities which they tend to do when people are injured..
im not gonna call fake or real, because i honestly couldnt care less.. but, it does look quite feasible to me.. i think some people are in denial about things, and what has been mentioned many times before..
with over 1 million people playing the one thing, theres gotta be bizarre things that happen.. look at car crash websites, people manage to get themselves in the oddest places.. in this case, people can get the oddest injuries doing the simplest things.. all the different factors around you mixed with the number of people can lead to some pretty bizarre stuff!
For the person who mentioned Heels with jeans, i see it alot… who knows, she could have been on her way out somewhere, and decided to play this with her brother while waiting for her boyfriend to come pick her up..?
Comment by Tom — December 14, 2006 #
sigh.. wrong tabbed window..
Comment by Tom — December 14, 2006 #
No way did a Wii remote make a hole like that in the TV frame. It would bounce off before a hole like that was made. Even if it did make a hole i dont reckon it would be as big as that. However i dont think what game is on, or the fact it looks as though its the first frame of bowling is any kind of evidence its fake. Random things DO happen but i dont think the laws of physics would allow the remote to penatrate the plastic. Still if it is fake, WHY would you want to fix a wii romate breaking youre TV you sad g*ts. Get a life.
Comment by Gaz — December 15, 2006 #
Genuine. Great Story.
Comment by j porter — December 15, 2006 #
Despite everyone complaining about the pics the wii is still getting free publicity. With nintendo making and shipping more wii’s all over the world on top of already selling more than ps3 all your bickering regardless if it is true or false it is helping people to decide whether to buy a wii or not.
Comment by nxbad — December 15, 2006 #
For those of you saying this is fake you have never seen these fly, i could easily see this going through the tv and taking very little or no damage. A friend and i were playing baseball when he released the remote mid-swing, strap broke and it put a nice dent in a nearby wall from its near 100 mph flight remote still worked fine after. Hurled with enough force this things could probably do about as much damage as you driving a golf ball into your tv.
Comment by stormcrow — December 15, 2006 #
This is obviously a fake.
First: The remote flew out of the guy’s hand, rotated a quarter turn to the left in mid air and then cracked through the plastic?
What, like a screwdriver?!?
Physically it is *impossible* for that to happen, I don’t care how weak the plastic on those TV sets are, the remote appears to have striken the TV set just where the plastic is bent on the edge, and plastic molded into a bent shape is pretty rock solid. I bet if you took a hammer you could make a hole like that, but you *would* have to use force in order to make it.
Also bear in mind that contrary to walls and LCD screens (which the latter is easy to dent), there is nothing but air behind the plastic so where a wall and LCD screen would be unable to absorb the impact and thus be dented, the plastic is more elastic and would be able to absorb the impact into the air behind it and the remote would simply bounce off.
Yes you could drive a pen through it because the tip of a pen represents such a little surface compared to the force needed to drive it through plastic, but the ‘tip’ of the Wii remote represents a surface area hundreds of times bigger. Like pixelator said, you would need a cannon to produce an impact like that.
Oh and by the way, if the remote made that hole, and they pulled it out and put it in there the day after to photograph it, why did they remove the battery cover and batteries?
Comment by Lerxst — December 15, 2006 #
By the way, when enlarging that picture (the one where the remote is removed), to 200%, you can see that on the right of the hole, there’s a vertical, rectangular rather long dent which appears to be visible just to the left of the hole as well. Are you saying the Wii remote made *that*?
You guys damaged your TV with something, and used a sharp object (knife or whatever) to cut that hole. That’s what you did.
Comment by Lerxst — December 15, 2006 #
OMG people should learn to read more… “How can you play without a battery??” They took the picture the next day sweet heart.
I mean seriously why would someone fake this? why would paris hilton fake being a dumbass bitch and a drug whore? Oh wait she doesn’t. Same story.
Comment by =_= — December 15, 2006 #
“Oh and by the way, if the remote made that hole, and they pulled it out and put it in there the day after to photograph it, why did they remove the battery cover and batteries? ”
Probably to put into his digital camera to take the photos?!
C.
Comment by chris — December 15, 2006 #
This does prove that nintendo really has to redesign its strap though…
Comment by =_= — December 15, 2006 #
> I mean seriously why would someone fake this?
To get their fifteen minutes of fame, which they obviously have.
Comment by Lerxst — December 15, 2006 #
[…] Besonders gelungen ist dieser Treffer beim Bowling, das wäre von der Wucht wohl ein Strike geworden, vermutlich auf der Nebenbahn. […]
Pingback by Blog mich am Arsch! » Blog Archiv » Crashtest — December 15, 2006 #
-That picture is hilarious. Serious though…who cares if they faked it or it’s real.
Comment by dave — December 15, 2006 #
omg how rubbish this sucks big time theres no way this happend
Comment by arbiter — December 15, 2006 #
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA DUDE ive been rotlmao for hours from both the pictures and the coments these people are posting and dude i beleive you because ive seen something like that happen anyway nice pics and like you said its hilarious how these guys know everything about an airbone Wiimote MUAHAUHAUAHAUHAUA next thing you know they will be asking for samples of the TV and Wiimote for a close up look under a microscope and will be conducting experiments at home lmao
Comment by Herik — December 15, 2006 #
This is so funny just reading it. I really dont have any care to make a statement about this matter, which in itself is hillarious. Dave i commend you for sending your pictures through the net and letting yourself get blasted with such comments. I just wanted to let everyone that this is a funny site for people who care WAY too much about nintendo, when EVERYONE knows that XBOX 360 is better than anything nintendo has produced. WELL except for the super nintendo.
THAT SHOULD GET YOU GUYS PRETTY ANGRY FOR A WHILE, LOL!!!
Comment by Kalen — December 15, 2006 #
LOLZLOLZLOLZLOLZLOLZLOLZLOLZLOLZLOLZLOLZLOLZLOLZLOLZLOLZLOLZLOLZ I let go of my wiimote and it hit my dog. Killing him instantly. I reached into his warm internals and retrieved it. It worked fine afterwards. It was a unique experience and the my poor scruffy made a tasty dinner afterwards because I maxed out my credit card buying a ps3 and I can’t sell it.
Comment by lolz — December 15, 2006 #
Could be legit, might not be legit. I don’t really care that much - it’s just funny as hell. Even if it’s fake, nice job. If it isn’t fake, even better.
And for the record, regardless of indepth examination of the pictures, something like that IS totally possible. The plastic on those TVs is utter crap.
Comment by Rob G — December 16, 2006 #
This sounds very true, I have an RCA, and they are all about the same. I kind of inherited it from my parents when they got a better TV. And how are they are still together I have no clue, but it has all the makings of an action figure. It has melt action, and extreme battle damage from a flying ashtray into the tube, yea, mean chip out of that. And do you realise how hard it is to break any other television tube? I once threw a brick at a TV(dont ask) and no damage to tube at all, but RCA… a cheap ashtray chipped the tube. Yea, RCA’s, built like crap… thats why if you’re on a budget, you can finance you’re entire entertainment system with RCA at ease at your local Wal-mart, lmao
Comment by Nick S — December 17, 2006 #
You said that you put the batteries back in and started playing after it “broke” the TV case. And then you said that the picture u took was taken a couple weeks later. Why where the batteries out if you had already put them back it?
Comment by Mason T — December 17, 2006 #
Pretty cool! Looks like it may be time to get a new TV. I’d wait until they replace the strap on your remote first. Just wanted to let everyone know that we beleive it happened. I don’t think he would want to make a hole in his TV just to stick a Wii remote in it. Good place to keep it though! Ty, did you throw it?
Comment by Uncle Kev — December 18, 2006 #
Pathetic. I’m waiting for the story of someone miraculously killing off their entire family and blaming it on their Wii (tee hee, their Wii).
Comment by Wii — December 18, 2006 #
This is great. Thanks for the photo. The photo and the comments are really entertaining.
I can buy that this could happen.. but I’m skeptical that this one did without some effort.
I’m guessing the strap broke during a gameplay session. The guys thought that was pretty funny, so they wondered what would happen if the remote hit the TV. One shot to the TV bounced off the glass. Another shot made the horizontal impression on the plastic. After a few more tries they managed to lodge the remote in the TV, similar to what is shown. I’d buy that more than the chance shot that the remote flew, strap broke and made one shot to put a hole in the TV. And yes, I believe Dave did just intend to show off the photos to his friends and didn’t realize how widespread this would get. I’m sure he’s beside himself with utter joy and humility.
Then again.. a million units and countless stunts like this, I could be wrong.
Comment by Eric — December 18, 2006 #
“Were you there? No. Are you a physician? I think not.” -DM
Wow that made my day man. That is just hilarious.
Comment by a freekin ninja — December 20, 2006 #
All you people obviuosly have nothing better to do. By the way, my son TY does not lie. I’m sure destroying his TV is not on his “need to do list”. Also if there were no such problems with this “game” why is this site available for all you “lonely” people? TY, your uncle KEV phoned me about this, otherwise I wouldn’t be here wasting my time. By the way TY, did you get my christmas card? Oh, for all you lucky listeners, get a life!
Comment by DAD — December 20, 2006 #
I forgot to ask if you had some BONDO in that garage of yours!!
Comment by DAD — December 20, 2006 #
That’s a load of crap. Whoever believes him is an idiot.
Yes, a wiimote was what really killed Steve Irwin….
Comment by Stephen Emerson — December 21, 2006 #
Oh and also, everything posted in the defence of this falacy, is just the same guy using another alias. Well done “DAD”…. maybe one day, you 10 year old!
Comment by Stephen Emerson — December 21, 2006 #
Whoever believes this really happened has no sense of reality… come on… this is sooo fake! And by the way TY, DAD or whoever you are (schizo anyone?), next time try to use something better to cut a nicer hole in your tv… not even my dog would believe this…
Comment by Real fake — December 21, 2006 #
DAD=FATHER, BOZO. By the way the commercial is over on cartoon network.
Comment by DAD — December 21, 2006 #
Sorry, fake. The Wiimote is just too light to do this damage, no matter how old the plastic.
Comment by Kaphix — December 22, 2006 #
Man thats awsm. I kind of want to let go of my wiimote just to do that!!!! You are the best bowler EVER!!!!!
I wonder why people are geting so uptight about this. Its not as if the worlds going to end.
Two words Calm Down.
Comment by Steve — December 22, 2006 #
Man, that’s just too funny. I don’t believe it, but I don’t disbelieve it either; I have no grounds to assume either stance, so I won’t take one.
Hilarious thing to happen if it really did, though.
Comment by Stormy — December 22, 2006 #
Oh, and by the way “Real fake”, I believe the term you’re looking for is Multiple Personality Disorder. I have an uncle with schizophrenia, and it doesn’t involve using multiple personalities.
Comment by Stormy — December 22, 2006 #
OMFGOMFG!
10010110
Comment by ultimatedood — December 22, 2006 #
First of all, a master of physics is not a physician, it’s a physicist. Second, the Wii is only in competition with the PS3 in terms of viable hot-item Christmas gifts and time spent entertaining oneself, they do not compete in graphics, etc. Last but not least, the molded plastic around every TV is very durable, so unless your TV was made in America there are no “shit” TV cases. There’s only one way this would be possible and that’s if there was a significant pre-existing structural crack in that exact area. The front of the Wii remote is flat people. Even if the case was weak, the remote would have made a much larger hole compared to an object that was pointed and you don’t have to be a scientist to fully realize the physics of that. If the remote hit the TV on it’s corner then it would not have had the blunt force needed anyway, the remote would have received the majority of force from the impact in that case. (You must also consider that the plastic gets much stronger at the corner of the TV.) Every console has it’s good and bad aspects, and it doesn’t matter if the photo is fake, it’s the extremist left or right responses that are what’s wrong with the world.
Comment by Hoj — December 22, 2006 #
whey you stupid bugger you need a new tv now arsehole
Comment by Bob — December 22, 2006 #
You are an absaloot Plonka you should have looked at the instructions you thicko.
Comment by Billy Boy — December 22, 2006 #
just a cheap television you can buy for €9,99
Comment by maxxie — December 22, 2006 #
ur all sad for buying a wii in the 1st place
Comment by PG — December 24, 2006 #
This is crazy guys! Let’s put an end to this…Everyone who said it was fake, go buy yourself an RCA television that is similar, go to your local Toys R Us and pick up a Wii Remote. Now you have spent close to a few hundred dollars. Now…take something an make a hole in your new TV…WHAT?? YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT?? EXACTLY!! Now, take your new Wii remote and practice throwing it at your new TV…Ohh you don’t want to do that either. You have to ask yourself, why would he want to take a chance and damage his stuff. So either put up people or shut up if you don’t beleive it!
Comment by Uncle Kev — December 24, 2006 #
This is without a doubt the funniest thing i have read in such a long time, some of these comments have just been Grade A, prime cut comedy.
DaveHodges, dont listen to half of thse people.
I have a slight anger problem and i have been known on occasion to throw things, from my personal experience some amazing things can happen when you throw things. So for all you wannabe physics teachers out there, stop typing!
Btw the comment from ” Mom ” was the funniest ever!
Comment by Robbo187 — December 24, 2006 #
STupid website.
This Pic is 100% fake, because it looks like you made the hole with a knife ore something. Its physically impossible that the wii fb could make this.
I dont need the straps, because the wii playing is easy and never threwed the wii fb out of my hand.
Comment by Wii ROCKS! — December 26, 2006 #
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Pingback by Nintendo sued over Wii wrist straps - Page 2 - PS3 Network - Playstation 3 Forums — December 27, 2006 #
NICE! NOW YOU GOT A HOLDER FOR IT. I BLIEVE TOO, UNCLE KEV. TY, DID YOU MAKE ANY MIIS’?
Comment by nathoff — December 27, 2006 #
…I cannot believe how many people there are that are this opinionated or just want to post random things. We’re talking about what happened, not about how people think the PS3 is awesome or that cheese is for sale on 5th Avenue. (Ok, made that last one up)
The photo looks a bit photoshopped to me, but I wasn’t there, so I don’t know for sure. All I want to know is: You said the crack was made by throwing your full body weight at the TV to get to the window behind it. You also say the Wiimote caused the hole. How can your full body weight only make a crack, whereas a Wiimote gone loose can fly into the TV and make a huge hole? I suppose it’s possible, but it’s odd.
Comment by Tyler — December 27, 2006 #
I think this could actully happen brcause i read ANOTHER blog about a actully going through a closet door!
u guys r sooo imature
Comment by chris — December 29, 2006 #
By the way, Dave, keep laughing at most of these people. Fake or not, it’s still good for a few chuckles.
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Pingback by Nintendo Wiimote damage and injuries! - Page 2 - HiDef.com Forum — December 29, 2006 #
Why is there so many people shouting fake?!?! as you can see the telly still works, why would someone break a TV just to fake a few shots? common wake up.
Comment by Grant — December 30, 2006 #
this is an obvious fake, i have experamented with this one guys, i used the handle that broke off a knife and was hitting a similer tv in the same place, it broke but needed a hell of alot of force and several attempts, no way could you throw a wiimote to do that damage!!! (the knife handle is still in tact and made from some kind of hard stuff, must be harder than a wiimote.)
Comment by Rich — December 31, 2006 #
That’s pretty cool!
Comment by Raven Riley — January 1, 2007 #
You’re all greasy haired losers.
Comment by JC — January 2, 2007 #
that tv sucks monkey dick so who gives a rats ass about the tv. THE WII
ROCKS YAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by devin — January 3, 2007 #
How stupid do you have to be to throw the Wii remote out of your hands?
Comment by Kat — January 3, 2007 #
…………….my…………………..GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(And yes, it does look fake.)
Comment by MattTheSpratt — January 4, 2007 #
How the flip can that happen?
Comment by Peter"Not Griffin"Lerwill — January 5, 2007 #
NICE JOB TY, NEW TV ON ORDER FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY!!!! LOVE KATHLEEN AND DAD
Comment by DAD/KATHLEEN — January 6, 2007 #
I have done extensive tests and I can confirm that this is not a fake.
=)
Comment by Sherlock Holmes — January 8, 2007 #
Fake.
The game would pause itself if the wii mote had disconnected.
Nice try. Stupid American.
Comment by George Marshall — January 9, 2007 #
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I would like to offer a job to Ty if he was the one to throw the wiimote we could use a fast ball like yours on the team. Contact me at GSteinbrenner@nyyakees.com I have a contract waiting. You should have been playing Wii baseball.
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Comment by George M. Steinbrenner — January 10, 2007 #
[…] We’ve thinking about doing some usability testing for the Wii’s here in Singapore and from what we’ve seen so far these little Wiimotes can really get out of hand…ok, that was bad. Anyway, Wii Damage has the full story. Apparently, some guy tried to add a little twist to his bowling technique. […]
Pingback by UX Blog » Blog Archive » Wii Attacks! — January 12, 2007 #
My Oh My–Wii Oh Why…
Wii (pronounced Weeeeeeeeeee) is the latest craze for anyone age 8 to 88. (Okay so if you are younger or older than that, you can use it too)….
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Comment by moose — January 14, 2007 #
you ppl have way to much free time to argue if it was fake, the controller probably hit at an angle, he took it out kept playing, then decided to put it back in and take a picture for the memory and posted it on the internet, what’s the big deal if its fake, its not like he’s going to make any money off of it, either way is tv is damaged and mine is not b/c i have a xbox 360 and it rocks, so as i said you are stupid, stop arguing if it is fake or not
Comment by kol loser — January 18, 2007 #
OH MY GOSH!
Comment by Froguinx — January 20, 2007 #
we are nothing more than a bunch of doomed arrogant monkeys if this is the average level of informed debate. If people care sooooo very much, has anyone bothered to run the math on it yet? I’ve seen a mate of mine throw playing cards into a plaster wall and this seems a lot easier than doing that, as long as the tv casing is brittle enough.
Cool picture anyway.
Comment by randomdavid — January 23, 2007 #
That’s hillarious man. I love it. I can totally see that happening. I mean, taking into account the (a) visible thinness and estimateble weakness of the plastic, (b) the estimateble weight of the controller, (c) the VERY estimateble enthusiasm with which the controller was thrown, I can believe this and greatly appreciate the humor in it.
lol, all these comments have driven in me a desire to perform my own “mythbusting” test just prove all the “FAKE!” screamers wrong.
Thank you Dave for taking the time to post this! - rcwalters
Comment by rcwalters — January 25, 2007 #
i toldled my my brand new 1957 lamborgini ferrari with my remote. it took out my 900$ speakers and popped the tire. it also broke my neck when trying to fish it out of a pond whenit rolled in with the flat tire!
Comment by bob — January 25, 2007 #
I kinda hurled my cat off a building when I was stoned. Has anyone seen a squashed thing that answers to the klamersnitzel?
Comment by Lima Bean — January 25, 2007 #
you are an idiot there is no way a man could do that.
P.S how much was that ‘57 lamborgini ferrari
Comment by shane — January 25, 2007 #
I love love wiimote. it is so cool exept I acsidentily shot my librarian with an ostrich. it was a big mistake I was trying to fix her shoebox where she kept her flamingo hamster when this ostrich came running into the library carring a wiimote on his head when he ate this philopean squirleout of a donut box and my n64 got squashed by a semi
Comment by herman — January 25, 2007 #
it was 574,999.99$
Comment by bob — January 25, 2007 #
i hate wii.JK i can’t believe that happened to herman Ps what is a philopea squirel
Comment by harry — January 25, 2007 #
My girlfriend likes frogs so I got her one for her Birth Day. I named him Lemons. Little had I known that he had gotten into some mud that day. He had hopped into our bed and when my gf went into our room. She saw it sitting on her pillow and thought it was chocolate covered. Well……. she took a bite and has since broken up with me. I will never have a lemon again.
Comment by Lima Bean — January 25, 2007 #
it is a girl on a body part
Comment by wii — January 25, 2007 #
it is a girl body part I messed it up on my first one
Comment by harry — January 25, 2007 #
oops wrong name should be Harry
Comment by harry — January 25, 2007 #
I hate it when things get broke, like my heart. My heart got broke by my girlfriends ex cousins fiaunces cats dogs sloths uncles wifes boy friend.
Comment by Mimi — January 29, 2007 #
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Comment by David and Elizabeth Bisby — February 9, 2007 #
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“WARNING: WII IS VERY DANGEROUS!!!!”
The only thing dangerous is people like you who won’t take responsibility for your own actions.
YOU are the idiot who let go of the remote.
YOU are the idiot who overdid it and caused enough force to break anything.
YOU are the dangerous one considering you bred and added to our gene pool.
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Obviously it does add up, there’s irrefutable photographic evidence for cryin’ out loud. Were you there? No. Are you a physician? I think not. Fargin naysayers. Thanks for sharing Dave.
a physician is a doctor who practices human biological medicines!
a physicist is what your thinking of, physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena spanning all length scales,
i’ll break it down for you, Physician Medicinal Doctor, Physicist is a man who studies Physics (duuuh)
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