YES! This really happened in Romania, its pretty old, but just found it in my “funny stuff” text document, i was one of the first to know about this. I got this conversation from a friend at gameloft.

Check it out:

cristi: How do i hook up a a laptop? from 220 Volts?
PAPU: yes
PAPU: you cut the wires from the Power Transformer and stick them into the plug
cristi: well, here it sais 12 Volts
PAPU: its bullshit man, if you put it in 220Volts it will run faster
cristi: ok
cristi: hold on
PAPU: heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey you idiot i was just joking! DONT DO IT!
PAPU: heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey you idiot i was just joking! DONT DO IT!
cristi: what the f*** it started smoking!!!
cristi: HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!!!!!!!!!!!!
cristi: HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!!!!!!!!!!!!
cristi: you moron, it wasn’t mine! it was loaned to me, not its all messed up and burnt down! what will i do now?
PAPU: ahhahahahahahahahhh

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