A list of objects that, when broken, still function.
(via Mitch Hedberg’s joke about broken escalators: “Sorry, escalator temporarily stairs.”)
- Things that, when broken, are the same only shorter/smaller:
- pencil => shorter pencil
- stick => shorter stick
- ruler => shorter ruler
- rock => smaller rocks
- Things that, when broken, become insulated boxes:
- oven => insulated box
- refrigerator => insulated box
- microwave => insulated box
- Things that, when broken, still maintain a subset of their original functions:
- escalator => stairs
- moving sidewalk => ground
- electric toothbrush => heavy toothbrush
- electric bicycle => heavy bicycle
- electric fence => fence
- quantum computer => classical computer
- iPhone (with broken cellular contract) => iPod Touch
- headphones => earmuffs
- speech => stuttering
- Things that, because of being broken, become something new:
- government => environmental theater production
- ceiling => skylight
- skin => scab