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Man Claims iPod Set His Pants Aflame
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ScuttleMonkey
on Mon Oct 08, 2007 02:22 PM
from the lighter-and-gasoline-in-his-pocket-had-nothing-to-do-with-it dept.
from the lighter-and-gasoline-in-his-pocket-had-nothing-to-do-with-it dept.
alphadogg writes to mention that an Atlanta man is claiming an iPod Nano actually caught fire in his pants creating flames that lasted 15 seconds and reached up as far as his chest. Apple hasn't responded to the claims yet other than sending him a packet to return the iPod.
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Well well well... (Score:5, Funny)
obligatory (Score:5, Funny)
Well, obviously (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Well, obviously (Score:5, Funny)
(Poster to follow up with an explanation of why it's called "dry"-cleaning in 3...2...)
Re:Well, obviously (Score:5, Interesting)
Apple hasn't responded (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Apple hasn't responded (Score:5, Funny)
Trousers aflame (Score:5, Funny)
Fifteen seconds? Count that out one-one-thousand, two-one-thousand, ... or use the second hand from a watch. That's a pretty damn long time.
hmm, my testicles appear to be alight. I suppose I might have to do something about that one of these days...
The fire reached to his chest? I'm wondering what else he had in his pocket, perhaps a butane lighter. Even if I hooked an electrical cord to a 2032 Li-ion cell I seriously doubt the flames would go more than 3 inches. Usually batteries go because the current draw is very high. Perhaps polyester clothing could contribute to his misfortune, but glossy paper in his pocket protected him from severe burns? I think we'll have to see what the nano looked like afterwards before really passing any judgement, but this is just about as amazing as the finger in the Wendy's Chili.
Re:Trousers aflame (Score:5, Insightful)
We should make one movie with a guy just casually checking his watch for 15 seconds while his pants go up in flames and another with the guy going completely crazy swatting his burning pants, rolling around on the ground screaming like a maniac, then take a survey to see which one is more realistic.
This was avoidable (Score:5, Funny)
They did it for sales... (Score:5, Funny)
Hot device (Score:5, Funny)
Prediction (Score:5, Interesting)
Apple's old slogan said it all (Score:5, Funny)
The burning question... (Score:5, Funny)
"We didn't start the Fire..."?
Re:hmmm (Score:5, Funny)
James Brown, Hot pants.
Followed fifteen seconds later by:
Jerry Lee Lewis, Great Balls of Fire
Re:Liar! (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Liar! (Score:5, Funny)
Sir Bedivere: "What do we burn, apart from lithium batteries?"
Peasant: "More lithium batteries!"
that does seem possible according to the photos (Score:5, Informative)
I am noticing that the guy is pretty short on smoke damage for the kind of flames described. Burning plastic, which would be involved here produces copious amounts of sticky black smoke, and I'm not seeing much of any. Not to mention the fact that his pocket liner seems to be more or less unharmed. IIRC the burning temperature of Lithium is higher than that of cotton.
Re:that does seem possible according to the photos (Score:5, Informative)
Re:that does seem possible according to the photos (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:that does seem possible according to the photos (Score:5, Funny)
Ummm.... where do I start?
Re:that does seem possible according to the photos (Score:5, Funny)
"Ok, uh, we found this mouse in a bottle of Elsinore beer that we bought at your beer store, eh? And we heard that when that happens you get your beer free."
It's a feature (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Knowing Apple (Score:5, Funny)