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Thread started 11/22/02 12:19pm

sag10

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Scientist Burns Penis With Laptop

LONDON (Reuters) - Laptops have always been a hot item but a 50-year-old scientist didn't realize to what extent until he burned his penis.

The previously healthy father of two remembered feeling a burning sensation after he had been writing a report at home for about an hour with the computer on his lap.

He noticed a redness and irritation the following day but it wasn't until he was examined by a doctor that he realized how much damage had been done.

"The ventral part of his scrotal skin had turned red, and there was a blister with a diameter of about two centimeters (0.8 inches)," Claes-Gorn Ostenson, of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, wrote in a letter published in The Lancet medical journal on Friday.

Two days later, the blisters broke and the wounds became infected and then crusted but after about a week the unidentified scientist was "healing quite rapidly."

Ostenson noted that the computer manual did warn against operating it directly on exposed skin but said the patient had lap burns even though he had been wearing trousers and underpants.

"This...story should be taken as a serious warning against use of a laptop in a literal sense," he added.
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Reply #1 posted 11/22/02 12:31pm

CarrieLee

omfg
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Reply #2 posted 11/22/02 12:32pm

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omfg
Fear is the mind-killer.
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Reply #3 posted 11/22/02 12:32pm

LaVisHh

scrotal skin

Isn't that an odd location for the burn, if this guy was using it on his lap? hmm
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Reply #4 posted 11/22/02 12:43pm

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Reply #5 posted 11/22/02 12:45pm

TRON

Ow!
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Reply #6 posted 11/22/02 12:48pm

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Seriously folks! I took apart a mac g3 powerbook today and the internals are hot, especially the hard drive.

Be Careful!
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Reply #7 posted 11/22/02 12:58pm

CarrieLee

sag10 said:

Seriously folks! I took apart a mac g3 powerbook today and the internals are hot, especially the hard drive.

Be Careful!



I'll be sure to keep my penis away from any laptops!
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Reply #8 posted 11/22/02 1:10pm

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writing a report, yeah sure !!
Futuristic Fantasy
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Reply #9 posted 11/22/02 1:11pm

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CarrieLee said:

sag10 said:

Seriously folks! I took apart a mac g3 powerbook today and the internals are hot, especially the hard drive.

Be Careful!



I'll be sure to keep my penis away from any laptops!



Just keep it tucked, honey!
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Reply #10 posted 11/22/02 2:48pm

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I bet he's praying to God for a speedy recovery! :LOL:


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Reply #11 posted 11/22/02 3:47pm

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CarrieLee said:

sag10 said:

Seriously folks! I took apart a mac g3 powerbook today and the internals are hot, especially the hard drive.

Be Careful!



I'll be sure to keep my penis away from any laptops!




lol





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