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Bubblewrap lasts forever in land fills. Might at well use it forever and never toss it. This is a hypodermic needle with exactly enough sealant to coat the inside of a bubble, and exactly enough air to inflate it. Insert, squirt the sealant, squirt the air, pull out needle, hole closes up, ta-da...
If
you just can't resist popping them over and over, of course, the bubble will eventually fill up with sealant. When a whole sheet fills up, use as doormat.
Virtual bubblewrap
http://www.urban75.com/Mag/bubble.html
[beauxeault, Apr 17 2001, last modified Oct 21 2004]
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you'll have to answer to the people who mistake the hypodermic needles for heroine and inject themselves with plastic sealant and air. |
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After spending all that time popping the annoying stuff, why on earth would you want to pump it all back up again? |
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Heroine addicts should always inject material into bubble wrap before trying it on themselves. If the bubble remains limp, it's safe to shoot up. |
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Have you no hobbies, DrBob? |
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Are we going to have some other widget to allow us to repair/reuse the little bubble-repair syringes? |
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Heroine addicts: Tomb Raider players, Barbara Streisand fans, compulsive Charlies' Angels rerun watchers, those who voted for Hillary Clinton even after she dominated the White House . . . |
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If we are going to split heroines, an "addict" would have to be someone who is more than a mere player, fan, or voter.... Stronger words must accompany these descriptions to indicate "addiction."
"Compulsive" begins the task.... |
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(besides that, "heroine" is no longer an acceptable term -- the non-gender-specific "protagonist" is now the preferred term) |
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To these ends:
Female Protagonist Addicts: |
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Obsessive Tomb Raider players/devotees
Barbara Streisand fanatics
Hilary Clinton groupies |
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Keep bubble-wrap out of landfills? One word: Edible. |
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Just market "virtual bubblewrap:" a small electronic device that looks like bubble wrap. |
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But when you "pop" one of the bubbles, the bubble doesn't break, instead, it makes a simulated bubble popping sound. |
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Other variants of this product make various other sounds such as explosions, barking dogs, chirping birds, fire trucks, etc. There would also be other "virtual bubblewraps" that needed to be virtually fed regularly, etc. |
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And of course, this will relieve you of the need to pop the "real" bubble wrap in the first place. |
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Or else make a suit out of bubble wrap and wear it to the Burning Man festival: a great way to meet people. |
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Believe it or not, virtual bubblewrap is baked (see link). |
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So much for getting any work done today. |
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I checked the bubblewrap recycling site. Requires you to mail in bubblewrap. How can I protect it during shipping? |
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Pack it in plastic polystyrene packaging peanuts, old newspaper and/or black tar heroin. |
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melanerpes: If I did, do you think I'd be still sitting here at this time of night? |
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edible bubble wrap! YUMmy. bubble wrap repair kits would definitely bring more zing back into retired bubblewrap clothes. great idea. |
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