I did something childish today.
Discussion
OpulentBob said:
Taught my 3 year old godson how to override his parents living room TV using the chromecast and iPad, so he can watch fireman Sam whenever he likes, no matter what mummy or daddy are watching... 
There's a reason no one I know would make me a God parent, and it's because I'd do things like that. Top work.
Hooli said:
OpulentBob said:
Taught my 3 year old godson how to override his parents living room TV using the chromecast and iPad, so he can watch fireman Sam whenever he likes, no matter what mummy or daddy are watching...
TV Begone back in action!
I was in john Lewis the other day browsing the TV's on offer. Well, actually I was turning a few off. Usually my favourite ploy is to wait until a punter is looking at one and turn it off. When they move to the next one I turn that off as well. Sad.
Anyway, the techies were setting up a mahoosive Sony telly. There were 4 guys, including a salesman and a 'Sony specialist'.
The salesman engaged with me, asking if I was in the market for a nice large new telly. Seemed to lose a bit of interest when I informed him I didn't live in a council house.
Anyway, they eventually got the thing fired up and stood round looking at the brilliant picture. For 30 seconds. Puzzled looks all round. Eventually they turned it on again. For 30 seconds. I was just watching as they twiddled cables, reverted to factory defaults. For 30 seconds. I messed about for a couple more times, the Sony expert looking a bit worried, but was getting irate texts from my wife, who refuses to be near me when I'm in kid mode and was waiting near the escalators.
Now a 'Escalator Pause' remote would be lots of fun, wouldn't it?
I must grow up, I'm nearly 61!
I was in john Lewis the other day browsing the TV's on offer. Well, actually I was turning a few off. Usually my favourite ploy is to wait until a punter is looking at one and turn it off. When they move to the next one I turn that off as well. Sad.
Anyway, the techies were setting up a mahoosive Sony telly. There were 4 guys, including a salesman and a 'Sony specialist'.
The salesman engaged with me, asking if I was in the market for a nice large new telly. Seemed to lose a bit of interest when I informed him I didn't live in a council house.
Anyway, they eventually got the thing fired up and stood round looking at the brilliant picture. For 30 seconds. Puzzled looks all round. Eventually they turned it on again. For 30 seconds. I was just watching as they twiddled cables, reverted to factory defaults. For 30 seconds. I messed about for a couple more times, the Sony expert looking a bit worried, but was getting irate texts from my wife, who refuses to be near me when I'm in kid mode and was waiting near the escalators.
Now a 'Escalator Pause' remote would be lots of fun, wouldn't it?
I must grow up, I'm nearly 61!
I have to sell TV's to people as part of my job. I can tell you that if I asked someone if they were looking to buy a nice large new TV and they replied with "no thanks, I don't live in a council house" I'd find it extremely funny I know a couple of the guys I work with probably wouldn't get it at all though...
My childish thing for the week is:
Sitting in a park in Barcelona, with a French couple on the bench next to mine. They were trying to get the attention of one of the local's dogs which was sat a few feet away, watching the ducks, by clicking their mouth and saying "Woof, doggy, woof woof!" The dog was well trained (hence why it was only watching the ducks rather than trying to chase them) so was pretty much ignoring the French people.
I leant over and told the French couple that the dog only responded to Spanish woofs.
I know a couple of the guys I work with probably wouldn't get it at all though...My childish thing for the week is:
Sitting in a park in Barcelona, with a French couple on the bench next to mine. They were trying to get the attention of one of the local's dogs which was sat a few feet away, watching the ducks, by clicking their mouth and saying "Woof, doggy, woof woof!" The dog was well trained (hence why it was only watching the ducks rather than trying to chase them) so was pretty much ignoring the French people.
I leant over and told the French couple that the dog only responded to Spanish woofs.
andygo said:
TV Begone back in action!
I was in john Lewis the other day browsing the TV's on offer. Well, actually I was turning a few off. Usually my favourite ploy is to wait until a punter is looking at one and turn it off. When they move to the next one I turn that off as well. Sad.
Anyway, the techies were setting up a mahoosive Sony telly. There were 4 guys, including a salesman and a 'Sony specialist'.
The salesman engaged with me, asking if I was in the market for a nice large new telly. Seemed to lose a bit of interest when I informed him I didn't live in a council house.
Anyway, they eventually got the thing fired up and stood round looking at the brilliant picture. For 30 seconds. Puzzled looks all round. Eventually they turned it on again. For 30 seconds. I was just watching as they twiddled cables, reverted to factory defaults. For 30 seconds. I messed about for a couple more times, the Sony expert looking a bit worried, but was getting irate texts from my wife, who refuses to be near me when I'm in kid mode and was waiting near the escalators.
Now a 'Escalator Pause' remote would be lots of fun, wouldn't it?
I must grow up, I'm nearly 61!
My God! you've got the IQ of a pan of mince my freind! Thankfully I don't sell TVs anymore, but if when I was I sussed out it was you doing this your TV-Begone would've ended up somewhere were the sun doesn't shine, once or twice and it's a joke but what you did was wrong, and you'd have got short shrift from the lads in the shop I worked in... I was in john Lewis the other day browsing the TV's on offer. Well, actually I was turning a few off. Usually my favourite ploy is to wait until a punter is looking at one and turn it off. When they move to the next one I turn that off as well. Sad.
Anyway, the techies were setting up a mahoosive Sony telly. There were 4 guys, including a salesman and a 'Sony specialist'.
The salesman engaged with me, asking if I was in the market for a nice large new telly. Seemed to lose a bit of interest when I informed him I didn't live in a council house.
Anyway, they eventually got the thing fired up and stood round looking at the brilliant picture. For 30 seconds. Puzzled looks all round. Eventually they turned it on again. For 30 seconds. I was just watching as they twiddled cables, reverted to factory defaults. For 30 seconds. I messed about for a couple more times, the Sony expert looking a bit worried, but was getting irate texts from my wife, who refuses to be near me when I'm in kid mode and was waiting near the escalators.
Now a 'Escalator Pause' remote would be lots of fun, wouldn't it?
I must grow up, I'm nearly 61!
CB2152 said:
I leant over and told the French couple that the dog only responded to Spanish woofs.
not as daft as you may think - couple I used to know were perplexed when the dog they bought from a Mexican couple wouldn't respond to any commands in English . Someone suggested they try a couple of Spanish commands and.... it worked!!
irocfan said:
CB2152 said:
I leant over and told the French couple that the dog only responded to Spanish woofs.
not as daft as you may think - couple I used to know were perplexed when the dog they bought from a Mexican couple wouldn't respond to any commands in English . Someone suggested they try a couple of Spanish commands and.... it worked!!
excellent! Do you know if they managed to "teach it English"?tdm34 said:
My God! you've got the IQ of a pan of mince my freind! Thankfully I don't sell TVs anymore, but if when I was I sussed out it was you doing this your TV-Begone would've ended up somewhere were the sun doesn't shine, once or twice and it's a joke but what you did was wrong, and you'd have got short shrift from the lads in the shop I worked in...
HAha, grumpy. Are you sure the lads you worked with had such a tiny sense of humour as yours? You sound a right bundle of laughs. Now a traffic warden? Edited by andygo on Friday 13th March 21:39
andygo said:
tdm34 said:
My God! you've got the IQ of a pan of mince my freind! Thankfully I don't sell TVs anymore, but if when I was I sussed out it was you doing this your TV-Begone would've ended up somewhere were the sun doesn't shine, once or twice and it's a joke but what you did was wrong, and you'd have got short shrift from the lads in the shop I worked in...
HAha, grumpy. Are you sure the lads you worked with had such a tiny sense of humour as yours? You sound a right bundle of laughs. Now a traffic warden? Edited by andygo on Friday 13th March 21:39
Asking for reimbursement for the watch that I'd destroyed, I handed him the report from the manufacturer that coated the repair to the TV with the blown amp, the bill came to about £175 iirc, he scarpered sharpish when I said "it's OK I'll pay for his watch can I have your details please, but that when I'd got the details I'd be passing them on to the police to pursue a criminal damage claims"
As you see these little japes can lead further than intended!
tdm34 said:
Not grumpy at all mate, but if someone interfered with you trying to earn a decent living I bet you be a bit pissed off! As I said once or twice I'd see the joke but after that no! About 20 years ago there was a Casio watch that could turn the volume of TVs up/down, well one day in the store one of the TVs in the window kept inexplicably going very loud, and on each occasion I'd go outside and turn it down, after this happened about 5/6 times the volume went up until there was an audible pop and then silence! yup you've guessed it the amp in the TV had popped, so we dragged it out, boxed it up and sent it back to the manufacturer, who after examining it promptly sent it back unprepared as it rejected the warranty claim, so I did a bit of detective work and looked at the cctv of the day in question and low and behold each time there was an inexplicable rise in the volume level of the Tv the same 13/14YO youth was staring into the window messing with his wrist, but the pic was too grainy to identify the youth, fast forward a couple of weeks, and guess what? It starts again, so after the second occurrence I waits across the street and after 15 minutes the youth again appears outside the shop and sure enough the volume on the TV starts to climb, I sneaked up behind him, grabbed his wrist and removed the watch, and then ground it into atoms on the pavement! About a hour or so later said youth appears in the shop with bolshy dad in tow! Demanding to see the manager!(me!)
Asking for reimbursement for the watch that I'd destroyed, I handed him the report from the manufacturer that coated the repair to the TV with the blown amp, the bill came to about £175 iirc, he scarpered sharpish when I said "it's OK I'll pay for his watch can I have your details please, but that when I'd got the details I'd be passing them on to the police to pursue a criminal damage claims"
As you see these little japes can lead further than intended!
If an amp went pop simply by turning up the volume it was faulty no matter how much Casio fiddling went on. Asking for reimbursement for the watch that I'd destroyed, I handed him the report from the manufacturer that coated the repair to the TV with the blown amp, the bill came to about £175 iirc, he scarpered sharpish when I said "it's OK I'll pay for his watch can I have your details please, but that when I'd got the details I'd be passing them on to the police to pursue a criminal damage claims"
As you see these little japes can lead further than intended!
We have TVs on the wall at work with sky news on all the time
Except this week when everyone proclaimed a hidden irish gene and started to
Watch Cheltenham races.
There was lots of excitement this afternoon as some poor horses were getting hammered around the track
Most of the office was watching and it occurred wouldn't it be funny yo turn it off
Right as the race was finishing
Except this week when everyone proclaimed a hidden irish gene and started to
Watch Cheltenham races.
There was lots of excitement this afternoon as some poor horses were getting hammered around the track
Most of the office was watching and it occurred wouldn't it be funny yo turn it off
Right as the race was finishing
Impasse said:
tdm34 said:
Not grumpy at all mate, but if someone interfered with you trying to earn a decent living I bet you be a bit pissed off! As I said once or twice I'd see the joke but after that no! About 20 years ago there was a Casio watch that could turn the volume of TVs up/down, well one day in the store one of the TVs in the window kept inexplicably going very loud, and on each occasion I'd go outside and turn it down, after this happened about 5/6 times the volume went up until there was an audible pop and then silence! yup you've guessed it the amp in the TV had popped, so we dragged it out, boxed it up and sent it back to the manufacturer, who after examining it promptly sent it back unprepared as it rejected the warranty claim, so I did a bit of detective work and looked at the cctv of the day in question and low and behold each time there was an inexplicable rise in the volume level of the Tv the same 13/14YO youth was staring into the window messing with his wrist, but the pic was too grainy to identify the youth, fast forward a couple of weeks, and guess what? It starts again, so after the second occurrence I waits across the street and after 15 minutes the youth again appears outside the shop and sure enough the volume on the TV starts to climb, I sneaked up behind him, grabbed his wrist and removed the watch, and then ground it into atoms on the pavement! About a hour or so later said youth appears in the shop with bolshy dad in tow! Demanding to see the manager!(me!)
Asking for reimbursement for the watch that I'd destroyed, I handed him the report from the manufacturer that coated the repair to the TV with the blown amp, the bill came to about £175 iirc, he scarpered sharpish when I said "it's OK I'll pay for his watch can I have your details please, but that when I'd got the details I'd be passing them on to the police to pursue a criminal damage claims"
As you see these little japes can lead further than intended!
If an amp went pop simply by turning up the volume it was faulty no matter how much Casio fiddling went on. Asking for reimbursement for the watch that I'd destroyed, I handed him the report from the manufacturer that coated the repair to the TV with the blown amp, the bill came to about £175 iirc, he scarpered sharpish when I said "it's OK I'll pay for his watch can I have your details please, but that when I'd got the details I'd be passing them on to the police to pursue a criminal damage claims"
As you see these little japes can lead further than intended!
I had one of those Casio remote watches. No tv was safe. They are better than the tv be gone as you can do the volume as well as switch on and off and change channel. I took mine to an electronics event at Earl's Court, walked through the Sony display turning lots of tvs off or the volume up.
andygo said:
Now a 'Escalator Pause' remote would be lots of fun, wouldn't it?
You don't need a remote, you just need to be on the escalator and position your hands and feet appropriately...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agbjgwQMgN4
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