# Geez, and I thought shredding PAPER was fun... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2005, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013 "2005-03-24T06:23:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/1 "2005-03-24T06:23:19Z")
Take a look at _[these](http://www.ssiworld.com/watch/watch-en.htm)_ shredders! :eek: You have _no idea_ how much I want one of these. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/2 "2005-03-24T06:42:59Z")
Anyone else reminded of the Newell shredder? (Oh, how that dates me.) ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/3 "2005-03-24T06:46:52Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > Anyone else reminded of the Newell shredder? > > (Oh, how that dates me.) Yes darling, because you are so very ancient. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/4 "2005-03-24T06:49:59Z")
It’s cool how the tires and plastic toys appear to oooze into the machine. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/5 "2005-03-24T07:05:39Z")
My favorite was the couch. Nice and drawn out. Although the refrigerator was up there. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/6 "2005-03-24T07:30:51Z")
Something seems somehow _wrong_ about that medical waste clip. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/7 "2005-03-24T07:59:16Z")
What, you mean like the person sticking their _bare hands_ into the shredded medical waste? Yeah, that deserves a :eek: ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/8 "2005-03-24T11:03:56Z")
I wonder if they sell these on E-bay. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/9 "2005-03-24T11:22:00Z")
I wonder if the Mafia own any of these things… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/10 "2005-03-24T11:49:28Z")
The washing machine fought valiantly, but finally it too fell. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/11 "2005-03-24T13:04:49Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > Anyone else reminded of the Newell shredder? > > (Oh, how that dates me.) He still can’t have one. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/12 "2005-03-24T13:28:59Z")
This is one of those things that I should not own. See, the problem would be that I’d be so fascinated with seeing how much stuff I could shred, I’d end up with nothing in my house. Refrigerators? _shred_ Washer and dryer? _shred_ Dishwasher? _shred_ TVs? _shred_ Computer? Ok, not the computer. Matresses? _shred_ Porn collection? Ok, not that either. DVD player and VCR? No, I need those to watch the porn. Wait, I need to save one of the Tvs then. See? I just shouldn’t have one of these things. But, I want one real bad! ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/13 "2005-03-24T14:32:30Z")
I think the mafia would do just as well with a wood chipper. Cheaper, more portable, and you can just point the spout off the closest pier. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/14 "2005-03-24T17:18:03Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > This is one of those things that I should not own. See, the problem would be that I’d be so fascinated with seeing how much stuff I could shred, I’d end up with nothing in my house. Yeah, it’s quite reminiscent of my childhood discoveries that A) Star Wars figures covered in lighter fluid put on a kick-ass melting show, and B) record albums smash in the coolest manner when you wing 'em waaaaay up in the air and let 'em hit the pavement. I’d really like to have both collections back now, and can see myself wanting to do _way_ too much experimenting if I had one of these bad boys. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/15 "2005-03-24T21:40:29Z")
I once saw on tv a vacuum that could be lowered into a bucket of water, and then it would suck up all the water. I wanted that. And I want this too. ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/16 "2005-03-24T22:44:27Z")
> [@TheLoadedDog](#): > > I wonder if the Mafia own any of these things… Maybe it’s time to update the expression “sleeps with the fishes”. :smack: I was going to post about what they might say, or do instead of delivering a fish in the dead person’s clothes in a box, but I think it might be inappropriate and gross. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/17 "2005-03-24T22:52:33Z")
The plastic toy one was a bit…poignant. Not that I haven’t had such thoughts after stepping on yet another lurking lego in the dark. I’m afraid to look at the medical waste one. The refrigerator was cool, though. ---
**Author:** ![Boldface\_Type](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@Boldface\_Type](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boldface_Type)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/18 "2005-03-24T23:29:17Z")
By far the best one is the ‘live human’. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/19 "2005-03-24T23:42:20Z")
Whoa. _watches the steel drum filled with concrete_ Like peeling an orange, man! A very…strong-skinned, hard orange. ---
**Author:** ![Crimmsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Crimmsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crimmsy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geez-and-i-thought-shredding-paper-was-fun/296013/20 "2005-03-25T06:58:46Z")
“steel drum” was cool. “concrete in a steel drum” was Uber-cool.