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101 Uses for an AOL CD?

Posted by Cliff on from the coasters-have-been-done-already dept.

Richard C asks: "I've just seen, for the first time, the newest AOL advert on UK television. One section depicts a man phoning AOL to ask for a free CD. As he speaks, he picks up his coffee mug, to which an AOL CD is stuck - he's been using it as a coaster. "Oh, don't worry - I've already got one" he adds. The irony of this amused me, to say the least, thought probably not in the way AOL intended. In any case, and in the true '101 uses for a dead cat' style, I thought it would be amusing (if not productive) to ask the Slashdot readership for their '101 uses for an AOL CD'. Be imaginative!"

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  1. here is a short list by jon787 · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.csl.mtu.edu/~jadevree/aol.html

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  2. Actual use by weylin · · Score: 2, Informative

    My quasi-father-in-law hangs CDs from trees in his garden. They scare away some birds.

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  3. I've used them by kommakazi · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've personally used them as coasters (who hasn't..), to make ninja stars (cut them to make thme spikey, they hurt! Be sure to reinforce with some tape as they break easily.), and I have such a vast collection I managed to cover the ceiling in my room with them, shiney side down. I stuck them all up there with that sticky tack stuff...it looks cool.