It's still funny, though.
I also remember getting a death chime (and a bomb, possibly a sad mac) on one of those things, as well. It definitely makes my list of top 10 scary things in my life.
-Ryan
Hilarious parody video of the Nano commercial:
http://pulsar.esm.psu.edu/Faculty/Gray/graphics/movies/ipodspoofredux.mov

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