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Away all Goats: Jul 5, 2005; Goose's rebellion

On the bright side, the n-gage did spawn one of the best websites/memes ever.

SIDE TALKIN'
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Away all Goats: Jul 5, 2005; Goose's rebellion

Mister Kingdom posted:

I had this for some reason:

You put it to the mouthpiece of the phone, push the button, AND IT DIALS THE NUMBER!

I also had the requisite nerd attire calculator watch.

I had one that for some reason doubled as a TV remote control. This type:

Now that I think about it though, it's not really failed or obsolete, except that it might not work with newer TVs.
I remember feeling pretty cool for being able to stealthily change the TV channels or the volume in restaurants and stuff like that.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2012 01:51

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