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wraggster
August 23rd, 2007, 19:28
A 14 year old boy from Brevard, North Carolina was nearly killed Sunday while trying to stop his Xbox 360 from overheating.

While his mother was away the boy had taken the power supply and wrapped it in plastic and tape. In an attempt to cool it off, he submerged it into a pan of water with the cord still plugged in. The boy had regained consciousness by the time paramedics had arrived. He was taken to the Transylvania Community Hospital in Brevard where he spent the night.
Aside from getting knocked unconscious the boy only suffered small burns to his right hand and foot.

http://www.funtechtalk.com/boy-nearly-killed-trying-to-cool-xbox-360/

wolfpack
August 23rd, 2007, 20:13
that just goes to tell ya, never leave anything plugged in while submerging stuff in water... unless if you want to be crispy like KFC Chicken

alexvander
August 23rd, 2007, 20:47
a great lesson for some people. water and electricity do not mix!

bah
August 23rd, 2007, 21:05
The universe has seemingly infinite interesting ways of chlorinating the gene pool.

gdf
August 23rd, 2007, 21:06
brilliantly put!

and yeah i heard about this. idiot.

Sonicboy 101
August 23rd, 2007, 21:09
He should have payed attention in class.
Lol

Gizmo356
August 23rd, 2007, 21:34
That is what I like to call a newb.

Martin
August 23rd, 2007, 21:42
Americans! j/k ;)

...not really

Paiku
August 23rd, 2007, 22:40
Americans! j/k ;)

...not really

Yes really.

Basil Zero
August 23rd, 2007, 23:48
That is what I like to call a newb.

you mean n00b lol

and why would anyone submerge wires in water :rofl:

ICE
August 23rd, 2007, 23:59
wow what a moron. he deserved to get electrocuted.

MasterMunt
August 24th, 2007, 00:06
Complete twat. He was 14...! shouldnt he know that water doesnt mix with electric...?

Shrygue
August 24th, 2007, 00:12
Whoa, someone certainly was getting fired that day! That kid better remember not to put electrical items in water next time, especially when it's connected to the live mains outlet.

gdf
August 24th, 2007, 00:24
exactly, i hardly ever do that!

(lol)

acn010
August 24th, 2007, 00:32
wow.... retarded... he deserves to die by being a retard

Elmarco
August 24th, 2007, 00:51
If you don't have the common sense to unplug stuff before dunking it in water, then you deserve to die. What amazes me is how the wires managed to reach the kitchen. (I'm assuming its in the kitchen where he surmerged the xbox360.)
I dont know many people who'd keep an xbox in the kitchen. :rolleyes:
EDIT: Oh wait, it was in a pan of water.

AvengedSevenfold Fan
August 24th, 2007, 15:57
that just goes to tell ya, never leave anything plugged in while submerging stuff in water... unless if you want to be crispy like KFC Chicken

mmmmm.....KFC