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Leaira
Jan 25, 2009, 12:32 PM
If someone dropped their iPod into the toilet like at school or work, would you recommend that they try to get it out or just flush it? What about at home?


shfreelance
Jan 25, 2009, 01:19 PM
The ipod would be ****ed by then... But you could always get it out, I would. Wash my hands, then clean the ipod with rubbing alcohol. Then wash my hands again, then try and dry the pod out. Then if it still does not work, sell it one eBay for parts.
benthewraith
Jan 25, 2009, 01:23 PM
If someone dropped their iPod into the toilet like at school or work, would you recommend that they try to get it out or just flush it? What about at home?

Depends, was it in clean water or not so clean water?
ib4walrus
Jan 25, 2009, 01:38 PM
Depends, was it in clean water or not so clean water?

Some people may not take it into consideration whether it's clean or not and just stick their hand in to take it out :eek:.
If I was to do it find some gloves or something if at home. If I was in high school I'm not sure if I'm willing to stick my hand in those toilets...
Hopefully the person will learn form the lesson and be more careful next time haha.
ucfgrad93
Jan 25, 2009, 01:40 PM
Personally, I wouldn't want it back.
gibbz
Jan 25, 2009, 01:40 PM
Wonder if this product comes into play?

http://blog.dtelepathy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/ipod_blog-copy.jpg
puckhead193
Jan 25, 2009, 01:42 PM
depends on the ipod. if a new model happens to be out then it might be worth an upgrade. :p
NC MacGuy
Jan 25, 2009, 01:43 PM
You truly have an unhealthy fixation on Apple electronics and water;):
http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=6954235&postcount=4
http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=6958712&postcount=1
Sun Baked
Jan 25, 2009, 01:45 PM
Leave it in as a toilet mint.
BoyBach
Jan 25, 2009, 01:47 PM
Wouldn't flushing an iPod break your toilet?
Melrose
Jan 25, 2009, 01:47 PM
I don't see how you could drop it in the toilet in the first place.. I mean, regardless of what you're doing, either you've got both hands busy or you're blocking the seat, ya know?

I'd say if it's a Shuffle, then flushle. If it's a more pricy one, depending again on the contents of the toilet, put on some gloves and get it out.

Or leave as a complimentary gift to the custodian.
NC MacGuy
Jan 25, 2009, 01:48 PM
Wouldn't flushing an iPod break your toilet?

A shuffle is very flushable.:p
::Lisa::
Jan 25, 2009, 01:49 PM
I'd personally get it out of the toilet and do post #2 providing it wasn't occupied with a floater. Or a sinker, come to think of it!!

Be warned of the sneaky behind the U-bend surprises too! :rolleyes:
shfreelance
Jan 25, 2009, 01:50 PM
Anyone ever dropped the Mac NoteBook in the flusher? How about a Mac Pro?
BoyBach
Jan 25, 2009, 01:52 PM
A shuffle is very flushable.:p


A post written from experience!?
NC MacGuy
Jan 25, 2009, 01:54 PM
A post written from experience!?

The ear buds were salvaged.;)
ib4walrus
Jan 25, 2009, 02:10 PM
Anyone ever dropped the Mac NoteBook in the flusher? How about a Mac Pro?

How big would a toilet have to be to for these to fit through your legs?
And if you have a mac pro in your bathroom, well I'd be speechless.
Abstract
Jan 25, 2009, 02:11 PM
If I pee'd or poo'd into the toilet, then no.

If not, then yes.
shfreelance
Jan 25, 2009, 02:13 PM
How big would a toilet have to be to for these to fit through your legs?
And if you have a mac pro in your bathroom, well I'd be speechless.

Yes, my dream office. Mac Pro, 3x 30" ACD's. With a toilet as my seat and a fridge/microwave in reach. Plus a phone, lol.
Old Muley
Jan 25, 2009, 02:27 PM
One of my wife's daycare kids dropped my Nintendo DS into the toilet a few months ago. Since it was in the "open position" it was too big to be flushed, so we fished it out. It was 100% dead and in spite of cleaning attempts, I wasn't able to bring it back to life. Depending on the size of the iPod, I'd get it out of the toilet even if you ended up throwing it away. Leaving it in and trying to flush it, might cause problems. After all an ipod isn't quite as "squishy" as poo, and probably wouldn't respond to plunging the same way.
rdowns
Jan 25, 2009, 03:46 PM
The ear buds were salvaged.;)

Yeah, but they probably sound like *****. :D
Killyp
Jan 25, 2009, 04:06 PM
Yeah, but they probably sound like *****. :D

That has nothing to do with them being in the toilet ;)

Would you even want to put them in your ears after that?
NC MacGuy
Jan 25, 2009, 04:15 PM
That has nothing to do with them being in the toilet ;)

Would you even want to put them in your ears after that?

They weren't the in-ears so WTF?:eek:
Abstract
Jan 25, 2009, 04:30 PM
Would you even want to put them in your ears after that?

If you wanted to listen to music, where else would you wear them?
EV0LUTION
Jan 25, 2009, 04:43 PM
I dropped my old nano in a public pool, which is the equivalent of a toilet.

If you wanted to listen to music, where else would you wear them?

if you had the ipod calibrated correctly you could surgically implant the wires directly into your cochlea. so you could technically wear your head phone anywhere you wanted as long as the wire placed under your skin made contact with your implant. (I think like this a lot)
suburbia
Jan 26, 2009, 01:06 AM
Why, pray tell, would you carry an iPod into the toilet... unless it fell out of your pocket and into the bowl???
shfreelance
Jan 26, 2009, 02:57 AM
Why, pray tell, would you carry an iPod into the toilet... unless it fell out of your pocket and into the bowl???

Well if you have to ****, it's nice to have some music while doing so... When I had a laptop, I browse the net while doing so.
Sesshi
Jan 26, 2009, 03:54 AM
I now understand where Samsung got their inspiration for anti-microbial coatings on their keyboards.
shfreelance
Jan 26, 2009, 04:14 AM
I now understand where Samsung got their inspiration for anti-microbial coatings on their keyboards.

I would be more worried about the bottom of the laptop, with splatters and what not...
UltraNEO*
Jan 26, 2009, 05:54 AM
Dropping iPod in toilet

Why would you wanna go, do something like that? :rolleyes:
Sesshi
Jan 26, 2009, 09:37 AM
Perhaps it's a reflection upon the state of the EQ :p
brn2ski00
Jan 26, 2009, 09:39 AM
I would def. go for it, regardless of what crap it was in.
suburbia
Jan 26, 2009, 01:17 PM
Well if you have to ****, it's nice to have some music while doing so... When I had a laptop, I browse the net while doing so.

Eeeewwwww? ;)
brn2ski00
Jan 26, 2009, 01:44 PM
Eeeewwwww? ;)

nah, im guilty of this as well
shfreelance
Jan 26, 2009, 01:49 PM
I made post on here with my BB, while taking a ****... I will do the same with my feature Apple laptop.
suburbia
Jan 26, 2009, 02:23 PM
I made post on here with my BB, while taking a ****... I will do the same with my feature Apple laptop.

Please, please, please leave all the ****play to PC-- where it rightfully belongs :D
shfreelance
Jan 26, 2009, 02:26 PM
Please, please, please leave all the ****play to PC-- where it rightfully belongs :D

Lol... Hmmm, does Mac Books (Pro & None) have fans on the bottom? That kinda sucks having hat air blowing between your legs and down into the smelly water...
suburbia
Jan 26, 2009, 02:39 PM
^You Sir, are the reason why I never use someone else's iPod or notebook :D
shfreelance
Jan 26, 2009, 03:32 PM
^You Sir, are the reason why I never use someone else's iPod or notebook :D

I am glad, I don't like people touching my stuff.
Sesshi
Jan 26, 2009, 06:33 PM
Lol... Hmmm, does Mac Books (Pro & None) have fans on the bottom? That kinda sucks having hat air blowing between your legs and down into the smelly water...

Hmmm... now you mention it, the vents are at the back and the intake is at the top. No hat air going down into the pan, although I'm puzzled as to what a hat is doing there.

I knew my Macs were optimal for something. Crap machines for taking a crap with - Genius.

I am glad, I don't like people touching my stuff.

I'm quite partial to that actually...


...Oh I see.