I know there are the traditional uses, which are boring. The proper use of a laser pointer is to point to a particular point in your presentation while you talk about it.I think most people would agree that is way less exciting than some of these ideas:
- Presentation pointers are a great way to entertain your pet, whether the pet is a cat or a dog variety. My dog will try and scale the walls to get the little red light and eat it up.
My husband was less than pleased with the claw marks on the wall though. No sense of humor.
- If you are talented with your laser pointer, you can draw squiggle art on the wall while you talk about your presentation, so that those attending your talk will stay awake in fascination.
- Do you ever go out with your spouse or a friend for a nice dinner only to have some annoying person either talking too loud or just being obnoxious? Well you can annoy them right back with your handy laser pen concealed right up your sleeve. Point it on their table just long enough that they think they are going insane.
Of course you should wait until the other parties at their table are NOT looking so they keep insisting they are seeing a red light to non-believers. Hilarious
- Do you often catch co-workers doing something besides working on company time? Wait until the boss passes by and use your handy laser pointer to brand them with a scarlet letter. That way you can rat them out without saying a word out loud. You may want to arrange this ahead of time with the boss.
- Use a presentation pointer INSTEAD of Powerpoint to make an interesting presentation. I mean...who wants to see a revolving set of pictures while someone drones on in monotone. Use your crafty pointer and when you detect someone not paying attention, direct the beam to the center of their forehead (not in their eyes of course - cause it's all in good fun till someone's eye gets beamed out) to let EVERYONE know they are not good listeners.
- Use your laser pointer to show others what you want. That way you never have to waste a single word. You can ask for the TV channel to be changed via the remote without a whimper, by directing the beam at the remote and wiggling it around. How will anyone notice you ask..that you are asking for the channel to be changed? Does the remote ever leave your husband's hand? No. So if he doesn't notice the wiggling red light right away, just creepy crawl the red light up his arm and then shoulder and then directly at his forehead and practice swinging a club right in that spot until he gets the idea.
I would REALLY hit him with a club, but if he doesn't get the picture at all, I will THROW the pointer at him.
As you can see, there are plenty of useful ways to use a presentation pointer that go above the boring old uses they were designed for. What is the most creative thing you have used a laser pointer for?
Now if you have a regular presentation pointer without the laser, you will have to be a bit more creative to have fun with it. Since they extend up to 2 feet in length, you can use them as play swords, although you won't want to get too carried away in your jabbing.
Or you can poke annoying people at the movies sitting in front of you without them knowing who did it. Since you can extend them out and don't have to sit forward in your seat, they won't detect any movement when they turn around to see who done it.
Give me any office product and I will probably come up with some useful way of amusing myself with it.
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