I bought a fancy turntable Scrabble game today and the box said
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Sun Mar-15-09 04:41 PM
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I bought a fancy turntable Scrabble game today and the box said
WARNING ITEM CONTAINS MAGNETS???? Are Magnets the new peanuts??? Do people eat scrabble games in some cultures???? Is there something obvious I am missing....
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Sun Mar-15-09 04:43 PM
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1. Magnets can screw up some computer equipment
Edited on Sun Mar-15-09 04:44 PM by Lex
and memory sticks, iPods, etc. or so I've heard.
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Sun Mar-15-09 04:44 PM
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2. They can also mess up a pacemaker
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Sun Mar-15-09 04:47 PM
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3. These are little tiny magnets.... I would be shocked if the board was
Edited on Sun Mar-15-09 04:47 PM by Lost in CT
placed on the chest if they could effect a pacemaker... but I guess better safe than sorry.
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Sun Mar-15-09 04:49 PM
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4. Well, yeah, never undersestimate that guy who plays the game on his chest
Even though he has a pacemaker and some kind of nanobot that freaks out when a magnet is placed on his chest...
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Sun Mar-15-09 05:05 PM
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5. If you swallow two magnets, it can really cause hell if one moves on quicker than the other through
your intestines. Major rupturage.
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Sun Mar-15-09 05:25 PM
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6. Kids these days like to swallow magnets & watch little scotty magnets track along their stomachs
Wheeeeee.... !!
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