cruel fun

As I was reading more reviews about mac products in the apple store online site, a window for live chat with an apple rep popped up. So i thought, why not, I'll ask a few questions about my poor powerbook's screen issues. So I started off with, "my powerbook's screen is separating. How much electricity will I potentially get zapped with if it shorted while I touched it." Don't worry, Dad, it's not shooting sparks or anything crazy like that.
Anyway, her response was to contact my apple rep or take it into an apple store for repair. yeah, like that's going to be cheap! I priced it when it first happened - I was quoted $1000 for a new screen part or $500 for the hinge area.
So then i followed up with, "But seriously, if I got zapped, would it be enough to cause a fatal arrhythmia?"
She responded that she didn't know but if it was that bad, then I better get it in for repair quickly. Okay, so it doesn't sound funny to you but I thought it was pretty funny. But not funny in the sense that my computer is broken and that I could actually get injured from it. Okay, so perhaps I'm using misplaced humor to deal with the loss of my beloved powerbook and trying to hide the fact that even though I desperately want a new macbook pro, I'm still emotionally invested in this computer.

I wonder if I send this to apple for their recycling program if I can call it a tax deductible donation. Or I can try to sell it on ebay as a crippled yet fully functional computer. I mean, even if I can only get $500 for it, that would be cool. Although you never know how much one would pay for crap on ebay...