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Cell Phones are burning your mans.

Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
edited January 2007 in Social Entropy++
Fire official: Man's cell phone apparently sets him ablaze
POSTED: 8:45 p.m. EST, January 15, 2007
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VALLEJO, California (AP) -- A cell phone apparently ignited in a man's pocket and started a fire that burned his hotel room and caused severe burns over half his body, fire department officials said.

Luis Picaso, 59, was in stable condition Monday with second- and third-degree burns to his upper body, back, right arm and right leg, Vallejo Fire Department assistant chief Kurt Henke said.

Firefighters arrived at the residential hotel Saturday night to find Picaso lying on the bathroom floor after a malfunctioning cell phone in his pants pocket set fire to his nylon and polyester clothes, Henke said.

The flames spread to a plastic chair, setting off a sprinkler that held the fire in check, he said.

Authorities declined to name the phone's manufacturer and model.

The fire and water caused $75,000 (euro57,955) damage to the room and a business on the ground floor, Henke said.

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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Boy, would his face have been red.

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  • tuggatugga Makin' movies Makin' songsRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    What kind of phone was it? I hope it was a RAZR so they would have to do a recall..

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  • HybridHybrid South AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Damn. How did the phone ignite?

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  • EclipsedPlanetEclipsedPlanet Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Maybe that man should not wear Nylon and Polyester.

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Oh shit! The machine revolution has begun! Quick, hide your nutrients!

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  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2007
    i live about 10 minutes away from Vallejo

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  • Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Hybrid wrote:
    Damn. How did the phone ignite?
    Vas Flam.

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    He tried to light his cigarette with his phone and tried to call his wife with his lighter.

    Skin grafts ensue.

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  • Fission MailedFission Mailed Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    tugga06 wrote:
    What kind of phone was it? I hope it was a RAZR so they would have to do a recall..

    I like the cut of your jib.

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I have a RAZR I want a PEBL

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  • xeroismygodxeroismygod Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Kusuguttai wrote:
    i live about 10 minutes away from Vallejo

    Do you get robbed often?

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  • Threadbare SockThreadbare Sock regular
    edited January 2007
    Example of cell phones actually killin your mans:

    [quote=http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/cell_motility.html]Men who carry their cell phone in a hip pocket or in a belt holster could be putting their sperm quality at risk, a British study finds.

    The study was conducted under the auspices of the University of Western Australia and based on samples collected from 52 heterosexual men. The samples were assessed using World Health Organization guidelines.

    The study found that those men who carried a cell phone in their hip pocket or on their belt had lower sperm motility and a lower sperm concentration than men who carry a mobile phone elsewhere on the body.[/quote]

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  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2007
    Kusuguttai wrote:
    i live about 10 minutes away from Vallejo

    Do you get robbed often?
    No, because I do not live in Vallejo, I live in Napa, which is fucking high-end wine-tasting shit.

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    He gets robbed by polo players with trust funds.

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  • Firematic.Firematic. Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Example of cell phones actually killin your mans:

    [quote=http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/cell_motility.html]Men who carry their cell phone in a hip pocket or in a belt holster could be putting their sperm quality at risk, a British study finds.

    The study was conducted under the auspices of the University of Western Australia and based on samples collected from 52 heterosexual men. The samples were assessed using World Health Organization guidelines.

    The study found that those men who carried a cell phone in their hip pocket or on their belt had lower sperm motility and a lower sperm concentration than men who carry a mobile phone elsewhere on the body.
    [/quote]

    With a sample size of 52 people, I could probably prove people who ate beans were more likely to kill their babies with spoons.

    [spoiler:e6c885c102]Whether they be too big, or just rusty[/spoiler:e6c885c102]

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Dublo7 wrote:
    An entertaining story about fire

    Boy, would his face have been red.

    So was his cheeks, and his arms and his chest.

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2007
    50% of his body? This dude could basically be dead right now. Like, it's just a matter of time with that kind of fucking coverage. Shit, I hope he lives.

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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Dublo7 wrote:
    Hybrid wrote:
    Damn. How did the phone ignite?
    Vas Flam.

    This makes sense.

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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Dynagrip wrote:
    50% of his body? This dude could basically be dead right now. Like, it's just a matter of time with that kind of fucking coverage. Shit, I hope he lives.

    I don't know, if 50% of my body was covered in burns I hope I'd be quite dead instead of living the rest of my days as Pumpkinhead.

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2007
    This has been happening since forever. It's defective batteries being used, same as the problem with those laptops. Some phones were literary exploding while people were using them.

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited January 2007
    Dynagrip wrote:
    50% of his body? This dude could basically be dead right now. Like, it's just a matter of time with that kind of fucking coverage. Shit, I hope he lives.

    Ahahahahaha.

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  • monkeyfeet63monkeyfeet63 Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Surely the iphone will be much safer. However, I'm not a fan of the model.
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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2007
    Quetzi wrote:
    Dynagrip wrote:
    50% of his body? This dude could basically be dead right now. Like, it's just a matter of time with that kind of fucking coverage. Shit, I hope he lives.

    Ahahahahaha.

    :lol:

    What network is he on?

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2007
    Meiz wrote:
    Dynagrip wrote:
    50% of his body? This dude could basically be dead right now. Like, it's just a matter of time with that kind of fucking coverage. Shit, I hope he lives.

    I don't know, if 50% of my body was covered in burns I hope I'd be quite dead instead of living the rest of my days as Pumpkinhead.
    Skin graft technology is getting way better. Most of those weird burned Freddy Krueger dudes are way older than us or they came from shitty countries like Canada or something.

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2007
    I think I maybe just tubgirl'd G&T

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  • KongKong Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I think I maybe just tubgirl'd G&T

    maybe? like you posted tubgirl on accident?

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2007
    WTF, is Amazon like dead?

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2007
    Possibly.

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2007
    Possibly.
    I hope the cell phones didn't burn it to the ground.

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    i did a workshop class that involved some soldering and one of the basic rules was no synthetic clothes

    and apparently in previous years some girl had those polyester or whatever bike shorts on under her pants and sparks ignited in her lap and
    egads

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  • OdenOden Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I was using that oxi stuff to cut up a car once with a friend so we could illegally dump the parts with ease

    I was wearing the cotton overalls because I am clever
    He was doing most of the cutting and was wearing disposable polyester overalls



    Nothing happened though I was just remembering how many dumpsters we filled with pieces of car.

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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Dynagrip wrote:
    Meiz wrote:
    Dynagrip wrote:
    50% of his body? This dude could basically be dead right now. Like, it's just a matter of time with that kind of fucking coverage. Shit, I hope he lives.

    I don't know, if 50% of my body was covered in burns I hope I'd be quite dead instead of living the rest of my days as Pumpkinhead.
    Skin graft technology is getting way better. Most of those weird burned Freddy Krueger dudes are way older than us or they came from shitty countries like Canada or something.

    Hey, my country is way better then your country.

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2007
    Meiz wrote:
    Hey, my country is way better then your country.
    I don't even know where you are from.

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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Dynagrip wrote:
    Meiz wrote:
    Hey, my country is way better then your country.
    I don't even know where you are from.

    Look up,

    cl_friendly_giant.jpg

    Waaaaaay up.

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  • ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    someone call the mythbusters.

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2007
    Meiz wrote:
    Dynagrip wrote:
    Meiz wrote:
    Hey, my country is way better then your country.
    I don't even know where you are from.

    Look up,

    cl_friendly_giant.jpg

    Waaaaaay up.

    ...Heaven???

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    why are you cutting up cars oden

    did you steal them

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Did this guy accidentally soak his cell phone in gas and then fill his pockets with fire without realizing said gas soaked cell phone was in there?

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  • StoverStover Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I think I maybe just tubgirl'd G&T

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  • Wise_aWise_a Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Did somebody say ham phone?

    Iham.jpg

    iHam

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  • bentbent Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    again with the damn ham phone

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