That's odd and why is my pocket on fire?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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The first thing I thought of when I saw the title of this thread was the scene in the film Hard Eight where John C Reilly’s pocket spontaneously catches fire. I think that was a book of matches, though.

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Great. Now I’m bleeding from the ears.

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Gee, thanks, Captain Kirk. You just blew up our computer. Now our civilization is going to have to learn to think for itself.

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hastily yanks spare batteries out of purse

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You must be really happy to see me…

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A 9 volt got me good one time. I didn’t realize what was happening until it was really shocking and burning the crap out of my leg. I still hate thinking about that feeling.

I thought I was the only one, but based on the replies here it seems fairly common.

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Holy crap! I had no idea that could happen! That’s quite scary.

I’m happy you escaped injury. Thanks for letting the rest of us know what might happen.

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And yet no sympathy for those of us whose professional careers demand that we lick 9V batteries. Sigh…

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Wow, I had no clue that sort of thing could happen! I keep spare batteries in pockets and purses all the time! I’ll have to be more careful.

Thanks for the warning!

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Yup. Me too. Mine was a high performance rechargeable Versapak cell. That sucker got HOT!

The culprit was an all metal pocket knife. It was a bit uncomfortable too.

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Put me down as another who found out by experience that that can happen.

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Me too, with a cheap flashlight that broke and I stuffed in a pocket, and some gum wrappers.

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Happened to me a while back, my key and keyring wrapped around an AA causing much anguish.
It’s good to know I’m not alone!

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They warned us about this in third grade. Were all you asleep?

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Oh Yeah?!?!?!?!?!

Well, this one time, I was walking to work with a CAR BATTERY in my pocket…

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Time to change your name to Uncommon Cents.

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Ouch, good thing this didn’t turn into a not-worksafe TMI thread, battery acid on the nethers or inner thigh!

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I stayed awake throughout third grade and never heard about this battery thing until a few years ago.

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I did hear hot pants were coming back.