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Inventor of TV remote revived by rolling batteries around a bit

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Started 1 year ago by charlies_hat
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charlies_hat

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Posted 1 year ago #
Skylarking

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I suspected and still suspect that there will be a whole bunch of 'man who invented remote control dies' gags. You got in there first and wrought the definitive one. full consignment of stars for this...

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Vertically Challenged Giant

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Wonderful

Posted 1 year ago #
dvo4fun

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I thought it was only me that did that

Posted 1 year ago #
The All New Jeni B

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Mr B's top tip - stick a wee bit of tinfoil between the batteries, seems to revive them for a while.

Posted 1 year ago #
Thor

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That’s clever, Jeni; does it work in TV remote controls as well? ;)

Posted 1 year ago #
weematt

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Triple A rating restored.
Nice one Thor. What made you think of Jeni's PlayStation?

Posted 1 year ago #
Oxbridge

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There's a few on Sickipedia (http://sickipedia.org). This is nice though.

Posted 1 year ago #
Skylarking

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... He's gone over to the other side...

Posted 1 year ago #
Thor

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Never heard one called a playstation before, but now you mention it, Matt...

Posted 1 year ago #
Not Amused

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His name is an anagram of Pee, Lounge, Lye which sounds like a good night in with the remote and a beer. (ignoring the spelling of Lie of course).

Posted 1 year ago #
godly1966

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They’ve buried his ashes down the back of the sofa.

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