Originally Posted By SirDave (11 AUG 2011 3:36pm)
One could add: My life is so frightening because I actually believe (things like) my Kindle could electrocute me.

Originally Posted By SirDave (12 AUG 2011 2:40am)
I can imagine the brief initial news report going something like this:

A woman was electrocuted in her bathtub by her Kindle. It was reported that in spite of warnings previously, she had taken the fully charged Kindle into the bathtub with her and in addition, began reading a book whose cover said, 'the events described in this book will shock you'.

It was also reported that just prior to the event, as was her custom, she vigorously wiped off accumulated dust on the Kindle's cover which likely caused an additional major static electricity charge to contribute to her lethal injuries.

(And before anyone even insinuates a gender bias- you might shocked to know that more women buy Kindles than men & more women read shocking novels than men...)

Originally Posted By Terry_Penrod (12 AUG 2011 7:14am)
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Frederick's of Hollywood is second only to Victoria's Secret when in comes to my favorite bath-time catalogs.  

Funny though, I never noticed there was anything to read in them.  

Cheers, Terry  

Originally Posted By Caroline (13 AUG 2011 2:57am)
Of course, first off, I thought Fredericks was a tool catalogue....  [smiley=doh.gif]   I had obviously forgotten who I was listening to.   :

On perusing the website, my only comment is why are such items so much cheaper in the USA?

Originally Posted By SirDave (12 AUG 2011 2:40am)
I can imagine the brief initial news report going something like this:

A woman was electrocuted in her bathtub by her Kindle. It was reported that in spite of warnings previously, she had taken the fully charged Kindle into the bathtub with her and in addition, began reading a book whose cover said, 'the events described in this book will shock you'.

It was also reported that just prior to the event, as was her custom, she vigorously wiped off accumulated dust on the Kindle's cover which likely caused an additional major static electricity charge to contribute to her lethal injuries.

(And before anyone even insinuates a gender bias- you might shocked to know that more women buy Kindles than men & more women read shocking novels than men...)

Originally Posted By Caroline (13 AUG 2011 8:50am)
America really is the country where men's dreams come true, isn't it?
I've just found out that this lingerie league really exists.  I mean... Inland, you'd be heaven watching the footy on TV.

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I'm just a bit puzzled why they have to wear garter belts though.  Surely all those dangly bits can be pulled?

Originally Posted By Mark (11 AUG 2011 4:15pm)

Make that the occasion for potential and fatal electric shock is near guaranteed if one happens to drop the Kindle into the bathtub while being charged - especially if its plugged into a non-GFI-protected socket.

Zzzt!

Originally Posted By MKB (15 AUG 2011 5:00am)

These girls are playing "flag football" where instead of tackling the person with the ball, they are [s]deflowered[/s] "deflagged" by yanking off the dangling flag. The game's been around for a long time but this is the first I've seen it played in skivvies.

Originally Posted By ShadowWalker (15 AUG 2011 5:34pm)

Originally Posted By Mark (11 AUG 2011 4:15pm)

Make that the occasion for potential and fatal electric shock is near guaranteed if one happens to drop the Kindle into the bathtub while being charged - especially if its plugged into a non-GFI-protected socket.

Zzzt!

You still would be "fried" because most adapters only have 2 prongs.  For the GFCI to properly work, you need to have the third grounding prong, which practically no adapter has unfortunately.

Originally Posted By Lucien21 (15 AUG 2011 6:29pm)

Every plug in the UK has 3 prongs.  8-)