# Stupid things my brain should really be retaining by now #372-don't put batteries in your pocket
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-my-brain-should-really-be-retaining-by-now-372-dont-put-batteries-in-your-pocket/662086
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 28, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-my-brain-should-really-be-retaining-by-now-372-dont-put-batteries-in-your-pocket/662086 "2013-06-28T03:23:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-my-brain-should-really-be-retaining-by-now-372-dont-put-batteries-in-your-pocket/662086/1 "2013-06-28T03:23:36Z")
In particularly, don’t put a fresh 9-volt battery in a pocket with loose change.:smack:
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### Author:  [@Tikkimouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikkimouse)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-my-brain-should-really-be-retaining-by-now-372-dont-put-batteries-in-your-pocket/662086/2 "2013-06-28T05:04:39Z")
Ouchie!
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### Author:  [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2013, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-my-brain-should-really-be-retaining-by-now-372-dont-put-batteries-in-your-pocket/662086/3 "2013-06-28T11:00:19Z")
Just wrap a piece of tape (any tape will do) around it so that it covers the contacts, and you shouldn’t have any problem. 😉
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### Author:  [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-my-brain-should-really-be-retaining-by-now-372-dont-put-batteries-in-your-pocket/662086/4 "2013-06-28T12:33:24Z")
Glad I’m not the only person to ever do that.
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### Author:  [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-my-brain-should-really-be-retaining-by-now-372-dont-put-batteries-in-your-pocket/662086/5 "2013-06-28T16:47:21Z")
Been there. Done that. Won’t do it again.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-my-brain-should-really-be-retaining-by-now-372-dont-put-batteries-in-your-pocket/662086/6 "2013-06-28T16:50:48Z")
Ditto.
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-my-brain-should-really-be-retaining-by-now-372-dont-put-batteries-in-your-pocket/662086/7 "2013-06-28T17:53:07Z")
It wouldn’t be so bad if I hadn’t already done it 2 or 3 times. I’m not sure why my brain cannot seem to retain the idea that this is a BAD THING to do.
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### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-my-brain-should-really-be-retaining-by-now-372-dont-put-batteries-in-your-pocket/662086/8 "2013-06-28T19:17:40Z")
Yep, I did it as well a couple years ago. I posted about it as well, I’m sure that thing is around here somewhere.
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### Author:  [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-my-brain-should-really-be-retaining-by-now-372-dont-put-batteries-in-your-pocket/662086/9 "2013-06-28T19:50:50Z")
I remember that thread. I remarked about how the money was burning a hole in your pocket.
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### Author:  [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-my-brain-should-really-be-retaining-by-now-372-dont-put-batteries-in-your-pocket/662086/10 "2013-06-30T00:47:50Z")
An amusing news story I read began like this:
“Never stuff a live lobster into your trousers” – a simple enough maxim, you may think, but…