evil question

[rabbits]

I am a nice person (really I am) but I need to know the best way to terminally ruin a TV. Can't let this person (usual story) take the TV .

[dot.hawkes]

DOH! no Ruby, you sit on his lap cos u were told u needed a new Laptop!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dye your hair blonde mate and u'll get away with this stuff dead easy.

[Champagne]

My boyfriend reckons that if you can take the back off the TV, pour liquid in it, and replace the back without any signs of entry, then the TV will short circuit and catch alight when next used! Great if you want to add extra vengeance by burning their house down. And of course if you want to be really evil (which, as you say, you are not) then substitute the 'liquid' of choice with your own urine.

[joko]

yes i've heard the magnet on the screen thing

[whiffey]

You might think that dropping the remote control in strong bleach might work ? No, it doesn't. I threw away a busted DVD player and used its remote control for stirring tea cloths bleaching in the sink, as well as the other things you can use a remote for in the kitchen. Realising after a week that it was the remote control for the new set-top digibox I'd bought but not bothered to set up, I was resigned to buying a new one - but no, it works perfectly !!

A good ploy for TVs and keyboards is very strong Bovril drink.

[heathfield]

rabbits - Ram a piece of silver paper or cooking foil into the arial socket and tamp it down flat so it can't be seen. That'll stop any signal from being received. When the set's returned as not working, pick out the foil and carry on watching your favourite programmes. Sneaky!

Alfiebrady - Alas, your magnet will only distort the picture for so long as the magnet's in place. Won't harm the screen.