Once upon a time shaking it--the picture that is--made it develop faster. No more.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/17/polaroid.warns.reut/index.html

And no more Outkast for you.

But in the age of digital cameras, why would anyone need to use a Polaroid camera? I mean, unless they were the main character in Memento?

Well, it still gives you viewable images within 60 secs...in a self-contained, little package. But, no. There is no reason to use one anymore.

The 60's versions(for example, Type 57 film) required you to use a sealer to preserve the image. You "waved" the pic after sealing to distribute the sealer and speed up the process with air-drying. Later versions did away with the sealer by placing clear plastic over the image, in a 'sandwich' design.

Shake your martini...Ms Bond. "Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel." Casino Royale (1953), chapter 7...

umm, you'er only like a couple of years behind now....

OOO, Memento.
Wasn't that an amazing movie? Usually, I don't care for films that make me concentrate but I have become an evangelist for this work.

I need to see it one more time. It was flippin' good.

Okay, Darrell: you may have me on the martini thing.

Though I don't believe in the concept of "bruising" gin. It sounds perfectly insane to me.

Although I've never seen it bruise or even let out a whimper, you can add the gin after you're done shaking. Stir gently. The extra-cold vodka and the non-oily Vermouth will thank you. Yes, I've heard it do that.

Memento freaked me out with the tattoos and everything. My uncle had a black and white polaroid in days of yore and you would shake the photo to dry it off after swiping it with that squeegee thing.