Before we begin, please no flaming with consoles, games, movies, etc. We get it, your hate of something that's popular to hate is soooooo cool and funny. Seriously, we're dying.
So I went out a few months ago and got a shiny new Droid. Everything was going great, the world was at peace, all diseases were cured, world hunger was abolished. A regular utopia. Then...I was sitting on the couch like 4 days after I got the phone with it in my pocket. I pulled it out to see if I had any texts and...bam! Huge spiderweb crack. I hadn't bumped into anything, I was just sitting there. Upon further inspection, I discovered the only other thing in my pocket, a penny. I was afraid that moisture might get in and ruin the screen, so I decided it'd be a good idea to replace it. I have insurance, so it would only cost me $50 to replace it.
A few days later, I was telling my cousin about how coincidental (I hesitate to use the word "ironic" because a lot of people are quite...enthusiastic about the word) it was that the lowest denomination of US currency cost me so much money. She responded by telling me that when she was younger, her brother put a penny in the cigarette lighter of her car, frying the electronics and costing her $300.
So my question to you, fellow Escapistos: have you ever had something essentially worthless cost you a large amount of money? Bonus points if it was in some hilarious or incredibly coincidental way.
So I went out a few months ago and got a shiny new Droid. Everything was going great, the world was at peace, all diseases were cured, world hunger was abolished. A regular utopia. Then...I was sitting on the couch like 4 days after I got the phone with it in my pocket. I pulled it out to see if I had any texts and...bam! Huge spiderweb crack. I hadn't bumped into anything, I was just sitting there. Upon further inspection, I discovered the only other thing in my pocket, a penny. I was afraid that moisture might get in and ruin the screen, so I decided it'd be a good idea to replace it. I have insurance, so it would only cost me $50 to replace it.
A few days later, I was telling my cousin about how coincidental (I hesitate to use the word "ironic" because a lot of people are quite...enthusiastic about the word) it was that the lowest denomination of US currency cost me so much money. She responded by telling me that when she was younger, her brother put a penny in the cigarette lighter of her car, frying the electronics and costing her $300.
So my question to you, fellow Escapistos: have you ever had something essentially worthless cost you a large amount of money? Bonus points if it was in some hilarious or incredibly coincidental way.
