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garycheung

DO NOT ANSWER (OR MAKE) CALLS WHEN YOUR CELL PHONE  IS PLUGGED IN! ; ^! T* y6 {! t0 e* n: A  O3 U
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! p; @4 [8 W. K9 B0 V0 XNever, ever answer a call on your cell phone while
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A few days ago, a person was recharging his cell( C8 @4 O. {! X
phone at home. Just at that time a call came and he
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the outlet. After a few seconds electricity flowed2 ^" \* {  g. u* m* x0 F
into the cell phone unrestrained, and the young man
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His parents rushed to the room only to find him unconscious, with a  }: Q: L0 g) C; j, g! [6 h
weak heartbeat and burnt fingers. He was rushed to) i# @: o  b- v9 T' Q1 e0 M
the nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Cell phones are a very useful modern invention.
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instrument of death.* M. `3 z( N# [

. a* T8 B& {6 c/ c* kNever use the cell phone while it is hooked to the
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kakeidevil

我從來都唔會一路叉電一路講電話的。

BOYDWAN

OMG...............$ P2 @- x$ m! |. _
我成日都咁做咖~
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stockman

How about talking while using the charger in the car?  I do it all the time and so far I'm still alive.  Am I just lucky?

teramishu

Oh, Gary, you are so 细心。。。！

Norman Chan

This couldn't be true.  You might have a chance of getting yourself burnt if a bad battery so happens to explode.  But there's no way you'd get an electric shock.  This is a just cellphone charger, how many volts do you think it outputs?   Where did you get this information from?

garycheung

Originally posted by Norman Chan at 2006-9-13 02:12 PM:, c7 E/ R* r7 Z8 o; n* a
This couldn't be true.  You might h...

0 k4 q: s- H5 T# qFrom Pittsburgh's WTAE Channel 4 News last week...

Norman Chan

I found this
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