Python-esque

Having experienced the untimely demise of a supposedly "waterproof" mp3 player made by Freestyle Audio, I've had a snippet of a Monty Python sketch stuck in my head.

W: ONLY STRING?! It's everything! It's...it's waterproof!
S: No it isn't!
W: All right, it's water resistant then!
S: It isn't!
W: All right, it's water absorbent! It's...Super Absorbent String!

Except, of course, that string doesn't stop being string when it gets wet. My Freestyle Audio non-waterproof devise has most certainly stopped being an mp3 player.