Have you ever hated a tool or appliance so much that you physically destroyed it?

[varmint]

onewhippedpuppy
Registered User


a week after buying that computer, i knew one of us was going to kill the other.

initialy meant to utterly destroy it. but was sort of proud of the grouping after the first three shots. decided it is now an object of art. haev plenty of other things to smash anyway.

[VINMAN]

I had a Poulan weedeater that I lauched across my yard into the side of my shed. Then picked it up and smashed it against a tree. Only bad part was my new neighbor seen me doing this. Not a good first immpression.
I tossed a cellphone of the Edison bridge into the river one time.

[Icemaster]

I need to show this thread to my wife, I wont seem so abnormal for taking a maul to the dryer about 3 weeks ago. This is what it took to convince the spouse that we needed a new one, even after a year of constant repairs.

This is after bending the sheet metal back so the tub could spin. The looks on the faces of the guys delivering the new one were pretty interesting.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by gprsh924

One day my junior of high school we were driving around and saw tv's on someone's curb for garbage pick-up. We stopped, threw them both in the back of my buddy's truck and went back to his house. Later that night I got to take a wooden Louisville slugger to the screen of one. The sound of it shattering remains one of the coolest sounds I have ever heard.

That's freakin' dangerous! I did wrap one up in a moving blanket once and broke the tube. I knew it would be loud, but man was it something to fear....

Originally Posted by Moneyguy1

Garret:

I used to pick up tvs on the side of the road, fix 'em and sell 'em. Most back 20 years ago failed for simple reasons.

And that's why you're the moneyguy....
I had no idea this thread would be so entertaining and supportive.

[peppy]

About 10 years ago I broke a vcr, darn thing kept ejecting a tape when I put it in. I jerked it out of the entertainment center, threw it against a metal door, stomped on it until my foot got a hole poked in it (yes I had no shoes on), then I unplugged it. I left it lying on the floor for 4 months, and would stomp on it every so often just to make me feel better. About a year later a friend of mine told me that the vcr was still under warranty.

peppy

[VaSteve]

This evening, I was fighting, FIGHTING, the brake line back onto the rubber line on the 911. You know, the one that has that stupid spring thing. Well it wouldn't mate up. I tried a bunch. I was about to launch my wrench into the street and thought about this thread. Somone walking their dog finding that little wrench. I laughed to myself, took a deep breath and completed the assembly. What a PITA.

[Flatbutt1]

yeah guys me too. Also a weed whacker. Freakin line kept snapping off and impossible to feed out more without taking the sucker apert. I tried to cut down a tree with it. The tree won.

[Hugh R]

Originally Posted by procon

After beating my last PC flat in the backyard with a shovel, I pissed on it.

After you assault it, you might as well degrade it as well, I guess.

[jim49ers]

does a cell phone tossed into a pool count..

[tab tanner]

I tossed a Toro snow blower into a tree about 2 years ago, I spent a few bucks on it to have it tuned-up. It ran great at the shop so I took it home. I first snow the POS would not run for more than 10 seconds and then stall, So I fixed it. It was a beautiful thing to see it sail thought the air and then smash into a tree. The funny part is I picked it up and put it in my shed and forgot about it untill this summer when my wife wanted to have a garage sale. I rolled it out and put (make offer) on it I guy gave me 10 bucks for he said he needed it for parts??? I told him it dosen't run but it will fly, He laughed and bought it any way

[porsche356a]

Panasonic Dot Matrix Printer...

Kicked it into a wall (and then stomped the hell out of it). I had that damn thing for 7 years and it never, not once, printed without some sort of jam or error.

The vein in my forehead is throbbing just thinking about it.

[Cornpanzer]

http://www.attuworld.com/lawnmower_lady

[lm6y]

I am the undisputed, all - time King of Weed Eater Javelin!

[Zeke]

Aw, Dave, she's an amateur. But, the spirit is there!

[Rusty Heap]

My Age at the time 17-18. Early 80's

Car, 1970 VW bug (and no I'm not kidding) flaired fiberglass fenders with Lime green paint with red velour interior)

Spent 2 hours rewiring in a new ignition switch or turnsignal switch in the steering column, TIGHT wiring using finger tips only, solder and heat shrink it all, put it all together, and turned the key over, sparks and smoke went Pffffff out of the steering column...........ARGGGGGGGGG, I punched out the windshield with my bare fist.........go out of the car and exploded a 5 gallon bucket with my foot at a velocity required to kick a 50 yard field goal. Drove the car around with no windshield for a week after I removed the glass and seal........thought it was REAL COOL feeling the wind on your face while sitting in your seat driving down the road.

Roomate tossed a refridge out a 3rd story dorm room, and I've pulled shotgun skeet shooting to some old Bee Gee's and disco albums.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Milt,
You somehow got the idea you were unique in this? Now, I have kicked the living schit outta quite a few things in my life. Taught a few of them to fly too. But not so much anymore. Why? Read on:

I once had my garage cabinet kick the schit out of ME!. I was crouched down looking in lower drawers and rose up to the cabinet door I had left open and the sharp corner of it hits me in the head and it HURT LIKE A MUTHA. In anger and with a closed fist I slammed the hell out of it whereupon it slammed shut at 100 mph only to bounce back open and hit me full on the side of my nose.

My then-wife came out to the garage to find me sitting on the garage floor...one hand suppressing the blood coming from my scalp wound and the other holding my broken, bleeding nose. Cabinet 1, Dan 0. Like I said, it kicked my azz.
I have largely behaved myself around inanimate objects since then.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

...one hand suppressing the blood coming from my scalp wound and the other holding my broken, bleeding nose. Cabinet 1, Dan 0. Like I said, it kicked my azz.
I have largely behaved myself around inanimate objects since then.

I can still "talk the talk", but I'm rather subdued when hanging in my garage these days...that's funny

[Mule]

Smashed a cell phone against the other side of my truck. Felt really good.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

A cell phone will go well over 400 feet when hit with a baseball bat.

[legion]

Milt, I think I bought the same lawnmower you destroyed as a replacement for another POS. So far it has worked flawlessly...

When I bought my house (3.5 years ago), I moved in from an apartment. There was all sorts of stuff I needed to buy. I didn't have the money to get a decent version of anything because I needed so much stuff. So I bought a $99 Yard Machines lawnmower from Menard's (Wally World sells them too).

In the first year, I had to replace the air filter and spark plug about once a month. The next spring, it refused to start. I took it to Farm & Fleet (they have a small engine department). Their small engine specialist saw me wheeling it in and without even looking at it he says: "You had that for about a year and it has stopped running, correct?" I tell him yes. He goes on to explain that Yard Machines is the only brand on the market that uses steel gas tanks that are formed out of two stamped pieces and pressed together. They painted the inside of the gas tank for extra sealing. Unfortunately, the paint they choose for the inside of the gas tank is soluble in gasoline. It will dissolve and eventually destroy clog the carburetor. The carburetor design is not rebuildable, so I need a new one. So I plop down $70 for a new carburetor + labor (for a $99 lawnmower).

Lawnmower runs great....for two weeks. While mowing it suddenly develops a loud "clang" and dies. I pull the chord--no compression, loud clang. Yep! Broken connecting rod. I go back to Farm and Fleet. A connecting rod is $70. I say: "No Thanks".

No, I did not beat it. I set it on the curb. I figured I'd let the neighborhood garbage rummager take it and be frustrated by attempting fixing it. I figured that was revenge enough as I think he has stolen some of my tools...