Pop Goes the Laptop
Posted by Chris Samuel on Sep 24th, 2006
2006
Sep 24
Alan and Telsa had a near miss with their laptop when one or more batteries they bought on eBay blew up in their Thinkpad..
Via: Alec.
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September 25th, 2006 at 3:19 am
You’re not allowed to call them laptops anymore. They all have stickers on saying “Do not operate this portable computer your lap”. I reckon this is why - I’d heard they contributed to male infertility, but I didn’t know it was because they could blow your goolies clean off.