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What was this kid doing mowing the lawn during a lightning storm? What a tool.

What a JackAss!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a dumbf*ck!!!!

Just a few weeks ago we had a motorcycle rider struck by lightning in Colorado during his afternoon drive home. I never did find out if it was the lightning or the crash that killed him but I would definitely have to blame Yamaha for making a motorcycle that attracts lightning. Perhaps he had a Windows laptop in his saddlebag?

Listening to Metallica? Must have been an act of God...

He should play the lottery. He has a good chance of wining now.

MORON!!!!!!!!! Has nothing to do with the big metal lawnmower with moving blades creating static!

Can an iPod's volume be set high enough to drown out the sound of thunder?

In other news: large piles of shit proven to attract large bolts of lightning.

Wow. At least I could understand if it was an iRiver...

Malthus had it right ... an Act Of God, a warning to all those who would listen to Metallica - especially while using power tools such as a lawn mower. The burns along the route between the buds and the iPod? Duh! The metal heated up while helping the dufus by routing the electricity around, rather than through his body.

stableos, I've never ridden a bike - from my first single-speed through my last rice-burner - that would provide a path between my head and the road. There's always that last inch (or two, or three) of rubber in between. I can certainly see how a near-strike could both leave burns and cause you to lose control of your bike, your bowels, your mind ... and think you were actually struck, if you survived.

Someone please notify the DNA police, to make sure this person's license to reproduce is quickly revoked.

I wonder if he was listening to their second album, "Ride The Lightening"?

Blatant Off-Topic Post:

Today, July 7th, 2001 Apple discontinued the Cube. Worst day in history ever!

Oh his still alive???? for a minute there i thought the US had one less gas attendant.

er...ummm, I mean, "Ride The Lightning"...

Metallica? Ride The Lightening indeed.

I do hope he is feeling better and fully recovers. That would be a terrible thing to happen to get hit by lightening.


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Why people here would make fun of another´s person´s misfortune and gloat over his injury I have no idea. Some of you people need to readjust your thinking.

This only happened because there wasn't a "CAUTION: THIS DEVICE MAY ATTRACT LIGHTNING!" sticker...

Wait until the new microsoft player comes out. I predict earthquakes, floods, and fits of pique.

instead of looking for someone/something to blame for their own stupidity they should be thanking the stars above that they survived the ordeal!! not to mention that he now has bragging rights ("Lookit! I wuz struck by lightnin'!") and needn't worry about being struck by lightning again.... that is unless you're stupid enough to mow the lawn in the face of another oncoming storm.

Yeah, and New Orleans got hit by Katrina because

the storm was attracted to crawfish, gumbo, and

cross-dressers.

Clearly Metallica should be hold responsible for this, not Apple.

"Today, July 7th, 2001 Apple discontinued the Cube."

Wait a minute! You're telling me the last 5 years of my life were one long dream? Thank God. I think I'll go to New York and visit the World Trade Center. You're not going to believe the nightmare I had!

I was struck by lightning while listening to my iPod, too! I remember I heard God saying "Give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasures in Heaven." So I did, but dagnabit, it was only Art on the walkie-talkie saying "Give me some more, and I'll shout when it measures eleven." That'll learn me to listen to my iPod while feeding cable in from the roof during a thunderstorm....

Lawnmower blades making static attracted the lightning?"" AHAHAHAHAhahahaha ha ha hahHAahahahahah ahhahahhaha ahahahahahaha

Shocking!

It actually probably saved his life, cause ing the current to go around his body partially as opposed to through him. And oh, BTW, I am sure the lawnmower didn't attract anything either. Lightning comes up from the ground as well.

You left out the part where the doc said the iPod probably saved the kid's life.

I get struck by lightning every time I listen to heavy metal.
I get blue skies every time I listen to Kenny G.
I get rain every time I listen to Sara McLaughlin.
I get sunshine every time I listen to Shania Twain.

Do ya'll think I can also somehow get some money because of this?

Most likley the earphone cord shunted the majority of the current around his heart. He should be so lucky. Hope he recovers.

(It only takes 50 milliamps directly through your heart to stop it)

"Today, July 7th, 2001 Apple discontinued the Cube. Worst day in history ever!"

MIne seems to still be running fine despite the media's insistence they were defective.

Quezzie no one here is making fun that he actually got struck, just that he has the stupidity to blame it on his iPod.

Metallica is to blame - they found out that he got his music from the old napster illegally and came after him. If they would just allow legal downloads this wouldn't of happened.
I HATE THEM!!!! Give me the music on iTunes you lazy tools..

this fsck was MOWING THE LAWN IN A RAIN STORM and he thinks its his IPOD that caused the trouble??

What about the million dollar question: does it still work? If so, I bet he doesn't have to charge the battery for awhile.

Just wait, some lawyer that MS has on retainer will get a whiff of this and slap the kid's name on a class action suit without his knowledge. It's a done deal.

Well, duh. Metallica isn't grounded like say, AC/DC would be. Simple physics.

Quick! Someone should find out if he's a Republican. This thread isn't inane enough nor long enough yet.

This goober's mon smells an oppertunity to score some bucks.

Mark

ndelc is correct. The real question is, does the ipod still work?

i'm sure the only thing the goobers "mom" smells is burned flesh and singed hair.

"This goober. . . "

If he's Arachis hypogaea, then his thin shell is probably to blame for the roasting.

Beans,

"...BTW, I am sure the lawnmower didn't attract anything either."

Yeah. That's why lighting rods are made of plastic.

If Apple gets sued over this and has to pay anything, then Wilson, Callaway, TaylorMade and the rest of the golf club makers need to cough up some dough as well.

"Yeah, and New Orleans got hit by Katrina because

the storm was attracted to crawfish, gumbo, and

cross-dressers."


You mean it didn't? Fox News said that was why and they had footage.

First of all what was he doing outside during an electrical storm? They teach you not to be outside during an electrical storm in elementary school. The iPod has nothing to do with it. I would call this his dumb luck and stupidity for being outside during an electrical storm and certainly wouldn't blame the iPod for anything. But anything to bring up a lawsuit and try and make some quick cash, that's what this is all about I'm sure.

Oi, such idiots out there! Okay, _if_ the boy had his iPod stuck into the ground, and headphones on his ears, he _might_ have a case. If the iPod's on his waist, then _he_--and of course that nice big metal thing called a lawn mower!--is the ground that connected the lightning's potiential energy to the earth.

People really need to study electromagnetism before spouting off such stupid claims. Sheesh!

Even nature has good taste in selecting it's mp3 player.

Ampar you are cracking me up today.

Damn, is it time to go home yet?

(he stares with disgust into the

workplace Win XP desktop)

Uhhh, this kid is a retard. I was driving through Castle Rock on Sunday coming back from a white water rafting trip and it looked like the apocalypse was here! Huge bolts of lightning everywhere and it poured rain for nearly an hour. Not sure wtf he was doing mowing his lawn, but he deseerved to be struck by lightning and if he goes through with this stupid suit I may just have to go beat him myself!

"Why people here would make fun of another´s person´s misfortune and gloat over his injury I have no idea."


Easy....cuz it bends the reality distortion field slightly. Any threat, even the silliest, is serious around here.

"There's always that last inch (or two, or three) of rubber in between..."

Car (and motorcycle) tires are NOT insulators. See http://www.cmpco.com/safety/tips.html.

The reason a car protects you from lightning is because it is a faraday cage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage#Real-world_Faraday_cages

A motorcycle offers no such protection.

Do some research before you spout off with "conventional wisdom"