Appropriate or no?

[Pixilated]

Thanks for posting the photo, CoffeeMonkey!

And here's another vote for "Bad Idea Which Might Even Morph into a Darwin Award."

[wolfie]

Quoth Jetfire

I usually have a walkman with headphones on while at work and going to/from work... and I can't begin to count the number of times I've gotten that cord caught on the chair arm, drawer pulls, etc... and either ripped the headphones off my head, or knocked the walkman to the floor.

Reminds me of a Tank McNamara comic from MANY years ago. "There are two headphone jacks on my Jogman, maybe at your heartstrings I'll tug. (man and woman jogging next to each other, both listening through headphones - next panel shows both headphones plugged into same device) If you must leave I won't mind it - just DON'T FORGET TO UNPLUG (man and woman trying to jog in opposite directions, about to fall on their butts - portable stereo hanging between them due to tension in both headphone cords)."

[greek_jester]

Given the number of headphone replies, am I the only person who just drops the excess down the front of my shirt?

[dalesys]

Quoth greek_jester

Given the number of headphone replies, am I the only person who just drops the excess down the front of my shirt?

And when it does get snagged...

Instant wardrobe malfunction!

[Gizmo]

Quoth greek_jester

Given the number of headphone replies, am I the only person who just drops the excess down the front of my shirt?

No. I somehow kill all the left hand sides of my headphones and usually end up gaming just using a pair with a right one in and the left trailing. Any guesses as to where the left ends up? Yep, right down the cleavage or tucked under a bra strap! otherwise its pulling downwards and dragging the right out of my ears.

No wardrobe malfunction however Dalesys. Sorry.

[greek_jester]

Quoth Gizmo

No. I somehow kill all the left hand sides of my headphones and usually end up gaming just using a pair with a right one in and the left trailing. Any guesses as to where the left ends up? Yep, right down the cleavage or tucked under a bra strap! otherwise its pulling downwards and dragging the right out of my ears.

No wardrobe malfunction however Dalesys. Sorry.

Actually, mine ends up the same way, as I have my hearing aid in my left ear so that I can still hear traffic/announcements/whatever with the spare earphone & wire tucked in my bra strap/trailing down my front & the right in & working.

And no, there are no wardrobe malfunctions when I finish with my player, as I just drop the rest of the wire down my front & fish the player out of my pocket, pulling the wire out of the bottom of my t-shirt. Much better than trying to discretely fish around when I'm at my desk in the office!

[XCashier]

Quoth CoffeeMonkey

Did you know that chocolate syrup is/was used in black and white movies as stage blood? The consistency is just right. Somewhere I have a picture of me sprawled on the floor next to the puddle with another coworker crouched over me with a big knife.

Awesome pic! Heck, even in color, it still looks scary.

Back on topic, we wear headsets that consist of a smallish radio device with a clip and a very long cord connected to an earpiece and microphone. Even though I wrap the cord around the clip to take up the slack, I still get the cord snagged on stuff constantly. Usually the yardsticks attached to the cutting counter, but often shelf hooks and the till drawer as well. Yeah, very annoying, I wish they had a cordless system, but I don't think that's practical at this time.