Ipods attract lightning

MEDICAL EXPERTS are warning that people listening to their Coldplay collection on an Ipod during a thunderstorm are more likely to be struck by lightening.

While some might consider this a warning that Zeus or Jehovah might be taking the opportunity to strike back at the upstart Apple religion, apparently it is a serious problem.

A jogger in Canada suffered wishbone-shaped chest and neck burns, ruptured eardrums and a broken jaw when lightning travelled through his music player's wires. A teen in Colorado, who was listening to Metallica on his iPod, while mowing the lawn suffered similar injuries.

Apparently the danger to iPod users is because the lightning is looking for metal objects in the area around where it strikes. It loves sending current down the headphone wires and tickling the eardrums with several million volts.

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