Overheard
Sunday, 31 July, 2005
Aunt: “Do you always keep your television on?” (NB: By “on” she means on standby.)
Me: “Yes.”
Aunt: “You should turn it off.”
Me: “Why?”
Aunt:“It might explode.”
Me: “We've had that television for five years and we always keep it like that and it's never exploded.”
Aunt: “In Hong Kong we had one that exploded. You should turn it off.”
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Reminds me a little bit of http://www.fandeath.net/ - allegedly quite a concern for Koreans.
well - not leaving the tv on saves on electricity - leaving all your applicances on standby ends up using quite a bit of power. But i don’t think it’s going to make it explode!!
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My mum thinks the same - I reckon there is 40% thinking it might explode (or wear out quicker) and 60% energy saving.