Posted by Margolotta on 12/31/05 11:00

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:54:43 +0000, PeterD wrote
(in article <1h8fkif.9txxbd10ai122N%pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid>):

> Timothy J. Trace <tim@nospam.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I have managed to load my wife's 1GB shuffle without using iTunes.
>
> [snip great big convoluted time-consuming procedure]
>
> Awesome, Tim!
>
> I managed to open a tin of baked beans without a tin opener.
> Here's the summary:
>
> I flew to Australia, on Air New Zealand flight 203.
>
> I hired a Tojo, filled up with petrol and drove to Broken Hill.
>
> I prospected for several weeks until I found the right lump of ore.
>
> I smelted the ore, until I had enough molten metal to make a good spike.
>
> I stabbed the baked bean tin with the spike to make a hole big enough to
> allow a bean through.
>
> I heated the can to produce enough internal pressure to force some of
> the beans and sauce through the hole.
>
> I quickly smelted some more metal to make a plate and spoon.
>
> I rocked out to baked beans!
>
>

Wish I'd gone for the sarcasm now! ;o)

Sarah

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