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***JulianW*** · 09-08-2006, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by papa-bear

And the question posed above IS interesting....just how does one die testing a 9 volt battery?

according to these, it can't
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07...th_by_battery/
or
http://www.allyngibson.net/?p=817

according to this, it can
http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1999-50.html

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Dr Xheng Hu of the School of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of Sydney confirms that a 9V battery does not have enough voltage to kill a person by testing it on the tongue.

He adds: "It cannot be entirely excluded however. If a person is very ill, for example, has heart problems, or has a heart pacemaker that could be disrupted, and so on, they could possibly die from testing the battery in this way. But normally it wouldn't happen."

So from that I presume it's possible, 60million people in the country, quite a few pacemakers, 3 deaths a year = vaguely possible but I wouldn't expect it to be year on year.

***rwhite*** · 09-08-2006, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by JulianW

Personally I'm hoping that it's something to do with the person having a pacemaker as I tend to test 9v batterys on my tongue! Maybe I should change my test proceedures?

Only if you plan on getting a pacemaker.

***Lmo*** · 09-08-2006, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by xoCJdlabihcrA

an iron-rich diet, a cut in the mouth, blood on the tongue, a pacemaker -- a CSI: London show in the making!

an evil wife could off the hubby this way

***papa-bear*** · 09-08-2006, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Lmo

an evil wife could off the hubby this way

Are you making plans?

***Lmo*** · 09-08-2006, 10:59 AM

None whatsoever. (Eat another helping of liver, Dear) I was just thinking of how it could be used in a CSI. (Oh! did your spoon have a rough edge on it?) Arch suggested it for CSI (Honeybunny, does this battery work?)

***Archibald J. Cox*** · 09-08-2006, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Pirates_Ghost

And lastly. The brits aren't as stupid as say, the Scotts. (i'm gonna go to hell for that last)

Now why'd you go and do a thing like that?

phoneprincess · 09-11-2006, 05:17 PM

I like the fairy lights!!!!

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