There’s a word for this story, and that word is “ouch”. A New Zealander is seeking compensation from Toshiba after a spike of metal flew out of his laptop and impaled his hand.
The New Zealand Herald reports on the story, which involves a Toshiba laptop and a chap called William Warner. Mr Warner placed a DVD in the drive tray and closed it, at which point (as per his allegation)
a sharp piece of metal shot out of the drawer and pierced his right palm.
To get informal for a second here, Ouch. Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch. There is a picture of the wound on the New Zealand Herald site, and it’s not pretty viewing. Mr Warner is seeking compensation from Toshiba; the company initially only offered him a replacement laptop. Thanks to Chris for the tip-off on this story… I think. [New Zealand Herald]