Toxic Custard Workshop FilesHow to destroy your video

Step 4: Dragging by the cord

Enough riding and surfing. It was time for a little variety in the demise of the video. So we got the kids to drag it around the skateboard bowl thing for a bit. Didn't the Romans used to do this kind of thing to prisoners they were feeling particularly ticked off at?

By the time we got bored of them surfing it, riding it, and dragging it, the cover was well and truly scratched. But the rest of it was pretty much intact. Time for some more direct methods.

Conclusion: The rest of it might be cheap and nasty, but the cords used in consumer electronics can withstand substantial abuse.


Step 5: The hammer

TCWF - How To Destroy Your Video

Don't try this at home, kids.

Copyright (c) 2001 Daniel Bowen. Special thanks to Josh and Cathy.