Warning: do not insert iPod into unidentified orifices

[KaeZoo]

Last night I had a lady come into the bay who looked to be around 30-40. She said, "My son pushed his I-touch into our car radio and we can't get it out".

I had trouble picturing this. I said, "You mean he put it into the cassette player?" She said, "Oh, is that what that is?"

And that's what it was. I went out to look, and her kid (maybe 15) had shoved his iPod Touch into the cassette player on her Chrysler 300M. Somehow it got jammed in there and wouldn't come back out. I tried turning the key on and pushing "eject" but that didn't help; but eventually I got enough of a grip on it that I was able to just yank it out of there. It left a very small scratch near the bottom of the player.

I'm just wondering what kind of privileged existence leaves two people mutually unable to recognize a car cassette player. I can just picture the conversation that led up to this dilemma:

"What's that little door?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's for an iPod?"
"Here, let's try it!"

[Dreamstalker]

How--there is no component of an iPod that says "insert me into a car radio". That's what the jack (if the car has one) is for. A kid 6 years old I could see doing this (and I have seen six-year-olds in my town with ipods). But 15?!

Even before car CD players were the norm, I knew that the cassette-looking thing with the wire coming from it was what went into the tape player.

I read the title and thought that you'd have someone emulating the House episode where a clinic patient puts an MP3 player up his rectum.

[Ree]

My granddaughter keeps shoving things into the VCR.

The other day, I pulled out 3 CD's, a cellphone, a hair ribbon and crust of bread.

[KaeZoo]

My personal experience has been that if you remove a cassette player from any mini-van, there's about a 70% chance that it will jingle when you shake it.

[Luna Baby]

My granddaughter keeps shoving things into the VCR.

The other day, I pulled out 3 CD's, a cellphone, a hair ribbon and crust of bread.

Our boys used to do this when they were little, until one got his finger caught and he cried, "Momma, it bit me!" We would continue to remind him when he'd get near it that it would bite him if he stuck his fingers in there again.

[DerangedHermit]

I read the title and thought that you'd have someone emulating the House episode where a clinic patient puts an MP3 player up his rectum.

We'd have to rename this forum to Ass Burps then.

[SengaKitty]

Oh dear, I just got the hiccoughs from laughing so hard at the stupidity involved here... Seriously, what made this kid think the iPod went into a cassette player?!

[Nyoibo]

I read the title and thought that you'd have someone emulating the House episode where a clinic patient puts an MP3 player up his rectum.

I thought from all the porn clips that have been cropping up lately involving cell phones that this was just a natural progression.

[wolfie]

Seriously, what made this kid think the iPod went into a cassette player?!

One possible explanation: Back when I was attending the OS/2 user group (the original Napster was still working), someone brought in an MP3 player that could be used "as-is" for a portable unit, or inserted into a cassette player (right size and shape, had a playback head that would "talk" to the cassette player's head) if you wanted to use it in a boom box/home stereo/car stereo. Don't know if these players are still made, because cassettes are a dying form-factor.

[tropicsgoddess]

A friend of the family's son put in slices of bologna in the cd player as a kid. I can see a little kid doing that, but a 15 year old?!! Wow...that's a new low in stupidity...

[PepperElf]

I read the title and thought that you'd have someone emulating the House episode where a clinic patient puts an MP3 player up his rectum.

that's what i thought too.
but hell, that still ain't as scary as a jar of jam *and* a potato

back On Topic...
hmmm makes you wonder though, someday a car might have a slot for an ipod...

[XCashier]

Last night I had a lady come into the bay who looked to be around 30-40. She said, "My son pushed his I-touch into our car radio and we can't get it out"....I went out to look, and her kid (maybe 15) had shoved his iPod Touch into the cassette player on her Chrysler 300M.

I might understand the kid not knowing what a cassette player is, but the mother really should've known! The iPod has only been around less than ten years. Cassette players were still common in car stereos until the late 1990s!

[greensinestro]

You know, I really feel bad for where humanity is heading right now. This story reminds me of the one I heard where asswipes buy a new computer and have no idea what they're doing. One guy was using his CD tray as a drink holder! That commercial Dunkin' Donuts has for their waffle sandwich is also a good one, because I have a feeling this really happens:

SC: It doesn't work.
Tech: OK, let's do the preliminaries. It is plugged in?
SC: Um, plugged into what?
Tech: The wall?
SC: This computer didn't come with a wall.

I know it's a scripted commercial, but I have a feeling it really goes on.

[Dreamstalker]

Given that I've personally dealt with someone who plugged her surge protector into itself (and then was mystified as to why nothing was receiving power), I have no doubt that somewhere out there that exchange has taken place.

[Rapscallion]

I think Tech Angel had that one once.

Rapscallion