"How do you stop your laptop batteries from running…

A riddle about laptop batteries “running out” is:

Q: How do you stop your laptop batteries from running out?
A: Hide their trainers (sneakers).

The joke was posted on the newsgroup novell.community.chat on February 25, 2003.

Google Groups: novell.community.chat
Computer Jokes
David “OE” Francis
2/25/03
How do you stop your laptop batteries from running out?
Hide their trainers

Klosi Jokes
Category: Computer jokes
Date Added: 11/10/2007
Joke: How do you stop your laptop batteries from running out?Hide their trainers.

Twitter
Wendy Smith‏
@WWisewolf
How do you stop your laptop batteries from running out?
Hide their trainers.
2:24 AM - 9 Apr 2009

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Trista F. Norwood‏
@TristaNorwood
How do you stop your laptop batteries from running out?Hide their trainers.
5:33 AM - 4 Dec 2009

Google Books
The Mammoth Book of Really Silly Jokes:
Humour for the whole family
By Geoff Tibballs
London, UK: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2011
Pg. ?:
How do you stop your laptop batteries from running out?
Hide their trainers.

Google Books
Sensible Nonsense.. Frank’s Comic Pack:
Humour Pack Series
By Frank Paul
BookBaby
2014
Pg. ?:
How do you stop your laptop batteries from running out?Hide their trainers.

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Lucky Score‏
@LuckyScoreNet
How do you stop your laptop batteries from
running out?
Hide their trainers.
#Joke from #ComputerJokes in #Jokes, #Humor and #Satire
1:39 PM - 17 Oct 2017

“How do you stop your laptop batteries from running out?”/“Hide their trainers.”