What more can a coaster do?

John Biggs may just be our favourite TechCrunch writer ever after posting this amusing story to their site. And it got us thinking, just how much power could a coaster have?

Yeah, we know they’re good for keeping your surfaces ring-free and looking pretty on an otherwise blank canvas but is there more to the humble coaster than meets the eye?

In this story, Clara was flummoxed by what she was presented; evidence of her husband’s affair. But what else could a Coastermatic coaster be useful for?

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