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garycheung

DO NOT ANSWER (OR MAKE) CALLS WHEN YOUR CELL PHONE  IS PLUGGED IN! 9 j. _1 \6 p: ^0 a
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Never, ever answer a call on your cell phone while
1 `  o) W# n) o. Oit is being CHARGED!!- G) x; G9 ]# U: K6 N) p8 f

& k4 _0 F3 a2 b- YA few days ago, a person was recharging his cell
( _' L/ \  O6 V8 `$ \0 m) Sphone at home. Just at that time a call came and he1 c1 g$ h2 T8 P) ~! \4 r
answered it, with the instrument still connected to% ]7 q' J. J2 L6 K& A
the outlet. After a few seconds electricity flowed
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was thrown to the ground with a heavy thud.
- J& ^2 H3 n/ F! A2 @- wHis parents rushed to the room only to find him unconscious, with a
2 z/ }7 {# ~5 O9 Sweak heartbeat and burnt fingers. He was rushed to1 ~% T1 d& x, Z3 l9 A' u% a
the nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Cell phones are a very useful modern invention.* F! k  f/ [* ^- U& L- u
However, we must be aware that it can also be an4 u+ w. t; y% O5 A; J; Q
instrument of death.; g7 `; o7 e$ R- ^1 l0 r1 _
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Never use the cell phone while it is hooked to the" ]! }: ]: L" g
electrical outlet!

kakeidevil

我從來都唔會一路叉電一路講電話的。

BOYDWAN

OMG...............- F3 [, ^# r) g3 M
我成日都咁做咖~
& l) b8 X; I4 P# hTHX gary~

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:! B, _$ t( P% q
This couldn't be true.  You might h...

9 @! d- d* p( s5 h$ TFrom Pittsburgh's WTAE Channel 4 News last week...

Norman Chan

I found this. }6 ~4 `/ a( P' L0 Y

+ C( c  W4 G3 R2 p( jhttp://www.ettoday.com/2004/10/01/517-1692343.htm