Re: Battery in backwards

From: Karl Uppiano (karl.uppiano_at_verizon.net)
Date: 11/28/04


Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 08:07:52 GMT


"Aplin17" <aplin17@cs.com> wrote in message
news:20041128024852.05904.00000752@mb-m19.news.cs.com...
> Most batteries have a warning telling you not to recharge or put in fire,
> that
> part makes sense. But what about the warning telling you to not put in
> backwards? I tried putting my batteries in backwards in a flashlight today
> and
> it still lights up ... is there anything wrong with that?

Turn it off immediately! It's emitting anti-light! You're depleting
conventional light from the universe! The better flashlights are designed so
the contacts won't touch if the batteries are in backwards, thus keeping us
all from being plunged into eternal darkness. Egad, man, I hope we all
learned something today!



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