Better Way To Remove an IC Chip

I have a flathead screwdriver that has been bent at a weird angle (most likely from me trying to use it to pry the suckers off) so I just wedge the curved side under the chip and twist my wrist. If that doesn't work - there are some swear words interjected here and I get more leverage and try again. If it still doesn't work the board usually goes flying across the room with a quick one liner about it's mother/sister/relative hitting the wall and sitting there until my boyfriend (the logical one) gathers it up and gets them off. I'm not sure what he does because at this point I better not see that board again until I'm packing it into a box to ship.

personaly i use a sharp wood chisel an a masonary hammer to crush up to boards to throw it in my cardboard bin to save space in my unit i work out of