Laptop burns boffin's penis

SMH Australia ^ | 11/22/02 | AFP

[dep]

Doctors are warning that laptop computers may inflict a burn even through clothed skin, after the bizarre case of a Swedish scientist who scorched his penis and testicles while writing a report in his armchair.

The unnamed 50-year-old father of two had balanced the computer on his lap while he wrote the report at home, taking about an hour to do it, according to a letter published in the next issue of the British medical weekly The Lancet.

The following day, he started to develop painful blisters on his foreskin and scrotum, which became infected but eventually cleared up without the need for antibiotics.

Laptop manuals usually advise users not to use the computer while its base is resting directly on exposed skin, as heat can build up if the device is left on for a long time.

In this case, however, the patient had been wearing trousers and underpants.

The tale "should be taken as a serious warning against use of a laptop computer, in a literal sense," said the letter's author, Claes-Goran Ostenson of the department of molecular medicine at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute.

AFP

[dep]

oh my.

[NYC GOP Chick]

What's a boffin?

[Dan from Michigan]

OOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[hole_n_one]

boffin

[jwalsh07]

Likely story, more likely he turned the heat up too high on his friendly blowup playmate.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Thanks! :)

[Billthedrill]

Hmm...painful blisters...antibiotics...yeh, right - "honey, I got this...uh...uh...uh, from writing a report on my laptop. Yeah, that's it..."

[dep]

boffin n : (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research

[BigBobber]

I see. Laptops should never be used on your lap (top)!

[MotleyGirl70]

Hold Muh ???? (insert word here) Alert!

[NY.SS-Bar9]

Um... one hour and he dosen't notice 1st and 2nd degree burns on his winky?

Either he was also drinking for the hour, or something more embarrasing caused his injuries.

Too bad, he almost made the Darwin awards.

[hole_n_one]

haha!

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

He didnt know he was burning his penis until he woke up with blisters yea ok sure

[Righty1]

Why would anyone pick on Poles while swedes exist?

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Laptop burns boffin's bufoon's penis

[b4its2late]

Did you see this one?

Heck of a lap dance.........

[OldCorps]

Sure honey, I got those sores on my (aherm) private parts from....oh yeah...uh...from the laptop, that's it!

[A CA Guy]

"Laptop burns boffin's penis"

I think the story was wrong, sounds like he was attempting to have sex with the hard drive, and it was infected with a computer virus, therefore the blisters. LOL

[DainBramage]

Warning:

The Surgeon Gener'al has determin-ed dat continue-ed used of a lapa tope-a

can may be badda for a Swedish Penises.All other nationalities are determin-ed

plenty smart enough move it before such occurrence.

[dep]

my thought was more along the lines of "swedish researcher will not do any boffin anytime soon."

dep