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Romanian Teens Dies Twitting In Tub
All Headline News ^ | June 22, 2009 | Shannon McGregor

Posted on 06/22/2009 5:39:16 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

Brasov, Romania (AHN) - Electricy and water don't mix!

A Romanian teen died of electrocution while Twittering in her bathtub, after she dropped her laptop in the water.

Found by her parents with her laptop lying next to her, Maria Barbu, 17, of Brasov in central Romania, died in her bathtub at home, the Croatian Times reported.

Police believe she may have tried to plug in the laptop with her wet hands after her battery died during a long Twitter session.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: darwinaward; twitter; zot
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

41 posted on 06/22/2009 7:04:44 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (When you put Democrats in charge, stupid things happen)
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To: martin_fierro

PERFECT! That so articulated what I think about twitter!


42 posted on 06/22/2009 7:10:55 PM PDT by Hildy (In Venezuela Coke Zero is bad for your h ealth. In the U.S. Zero on Coke is bad for your healthcare.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

You’re exactly right, you have no knowledge.

The original post dealt with the death of a teen girl.

I’ll not do battle with a sophomoric, ill-educated twit.

Be done with you.


43 posted on 06/22/2009 7:19:48 PM PDT by Hilltop (Control the high ground. Control the battlefield.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
http://twitter.com/mariabarbu

battery is running low, brb

[Boldface added]

44 posted on 06/22/2009 7:27:44 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: libh8er
It’s the price you pay for having a 220V system. I am assuming the power adapter fell into the water as well.

120v isn't exactly safe, either. Actually, in a bathtub context, anything above, say, 12v should be considered hazardous.

45 posted on 06/22/2009 7:36:14 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Shadow44
Some people really do take twitter too far. I have some friends of mine who seem to tweet every single thing they do. It’s not necessary!

What happened to the good old days when people would call somebody on their cellphone to them every single thing they're doing?

46 posted on 06/22/2009 7:40:25 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: GQuagmire; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
She'd have tweeted the electrocution, but "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" is longer than 140 characters.


47 posted on 06/22/2009 7:42:43 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("If Dick Cheney is Darth Vader, then Barack Obama is Jar-Jar Binks!")
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To: El Cid

I used to shave (in the tub) with an electrical razor as a teen - had no idea it was not ok - and I was not a particularly stupid kid.

Everyone does something stupid now and then. Poor kid.


48 posted on 06/22/2009 7:43:29 PM PDT by Marie2 (The second mouse gets the cheese.)
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To: cynwoody

Ah, those wacky /b/tards.


49 posted on 06/22/2009 7:48:29 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("If Dick Cheney is Darth Vader, then Barack Obama is Jar-Jar Binks!")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Drop electrical devices in a bathtub, and yes, your heart is going to go a-twitter twitter .... and STOP tweetin.


50 posted on 06/22/2009 7:51:34 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Out of gas become a pill box, Out of ammo become a bunker, Out of hope become a hero.)
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To: martin_fierro; Hildy
PERFECT! (as someecards sometimes are)

That encapsulates what I know I've told you (martin) how I feel about Twitter and all its Twits.


51 posted on 06/22/2009 7:52:43 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Paleo Conservative; Constitution Day
Martin you’re alive! I had heard that you died.

Dude, get hep.

52 posted on 06/22/2009 7:57:39 PM PDT by martin_fierro (Somebody always doesn't get the memo)
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To: Hildy

Good Lord, we finally agree on something.


53 posted on 06/22/2009 7:58:39 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
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54 posted on 06/22/2009 8:27:50 PM PDT by Clay Moore (Obama: A good example of why stupid people shouldn't vote.)
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To: martin_fierro

YAY!!!! It was BOUND to happen someday!!!! LOL! I’m positive that if we spoke, we’d agree on a lot of stuff! Will you be going to Washington, DC for the September 12th convention???


55 posted on 06/22/2009 9:46:54 PM PDT by Hildy (In Venezuela Coke Zero is bad for your h ealth. In the U.S. Zero on Coke is bad for your healthcare.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

What a shame; good laptops aren’t cheap in Romania.


56 posted on 06/22/2009 9:57:32 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
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To: cynwoody

were these really her posts before she died???


57 posted on 06/22/2009 10:18:11 PM PDT by Hildy (In Venezuela Coke Zero is bad for your h ealth. In the U.S. Zero on Coke is bad for your healthcare.)
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To: Hildy
were these really her posts before she died???

I don't know. I just guessed her Twitter ID. If they are not her final posts, then there's someone out there with a sicker (and more measuredly creative) mind than mine.

One thing that's clear from her posts is that Romania is a far better place to be than it was before 25 December 1989.


Brasov, Romania

58 posted on 06/22/2009 10:48:51 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

I think that’s it..the date would give it away...That’s really kinda creepy, huh?


59 posted on 06/22/2009 10:55:32 PM PDT by Hildy (In Venezuela Coke Zero is bad for your h ealth. In the U.S. Zero on Coke is bad for your healthcare.)
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To: Hilltop
"Be done with you."

Aw, bet you got that right out of your book of spells. Be careful, someone may drop a house on you.

60 posted on 06/23/2009 3:14:20 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper ([Advocate for] Mitt Romney[?], God help you, but you're on the wrong website ~ Jim Robinson)
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