500 Uses For Failed CD-R's

aimeeandbeatles · Aug 30, 2008

1. An expensive coaster.
2. Small frisbee.
3. Put it in the microwave and watch the sparks fly!
4. Disco ball!
5. Put a string through a number of them and hang it up as party decoration.

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Genocidicbunny · Aug 30, 2008

# 3 is a really bad use for a CD. Considering that you can break your microwave doing things like that. Do you really want to start a "500 uses for failed Microwaves" list?

6. Hang a few up on trees in your garden to scare birds away.

aimeeandbeatles · Aug 31, 2008

stickciv said:
# 3 is a really bad use for a CD. Considering that you can break your microwave doing things like that. Do you really want to start a "500 uses for failed Microwaves" list?

It was a joke.

7. Use as a mirror.

Jerrymander · Aug 31, 2008

I use mine as wheels on cars. Lightweight.

GoodGame · Sep 3, 2008

They're brilliant.....in the landfill.

I suppose they make an ok wind mobile if you paint them.

Daftpanzer · Sep 4, 2008

10. use them to provide a high-tech, stable platform for resting cups of coffee / cans of beer, while collecting excess fluids before they touch other surfaces.

lutzj · Sep 12, 2008

#11: Self-defense! Blind your opponent using reflected sunlight, then incapacitate them with a well-placed frisbee-style blow to the head.

Daftpanzer · Sep 12, 2008

Broken shards of CD can be real sharp!!! I had one explode in my DVD drive once. Not good. And it was Starcraft Broodwar too!

Maniacal · Sep 16, 2008

13. Stick pieces of shattered disks into concrete on top of a wall to make it dangerous to climb over.

The Fishman · Sep 19, 2008

14. Printing words on them and putting them in your car windscreen like dangley dice. I believe people actually sell these!

Fr8monkey · Sep 21, 2008

15. cut little notches in them and use them as ninja throwing stars.

500 Uses For Failed CD-R's

aimeeandbeatles

watermelon

Genocidicbunny

Bug squasher

aimeeandbeatles

watermelon

Jerrymander

Epistemologist

GoodGame

Red, White, & Blue, baby!

Daftpanzer

canonically ambiguous

lutzj

The Last Thing You See

Daftpanzer

canonically ambiguous

Maniacal

the green Napoleon

The Fishman

Resident Megalomaniac

Fr8monkey

Deity

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