Filed under: Odds and ends, MacBook Air

Imagine walking down the street with The World’s Thinnest Laptop. You stumble, and in an instant you’re pavement-bound. Instinctively, you grab the laptop in an effort to keep it safe, and you do a graceless faceplant on the sidewalk. Ouch.

Now imagine you’re a television personality in that same situation; a person who makes his living, in part, by inviting millions of folks to stare at his face. Do you invent the same sacrifice?

PBS interviewer Charlie Rose answers with a hearty “Hell, yes!” Yesterday, his show’s producers report, he was tripped up while walking in Manhattan, MacBook Air in hand. He instinctively saved the Air … and took one

for the team, as it were. Later that night he could be seen on his show, bandaged and bruised like a pro boxer after a 12-round bout.

It reminds me of the instance I nearly killed myself trying to save a falling iPod. We’re glad you’re OK, Charlie — and we award you the Official TUAW Icepack for valiant defense of falling hardware.

Now for the fun part. You’ll notice Chuck’s thought balloon is empty. propose your quote in the comments, and we’ll post our favorite tomorrow. Be nice, stay on topic and be funny. Now, show us what you got!

[via TechCrunch]

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Orginal post by Dave Caolo