An interesting IS bulletin which was really published by one company. 

Recently, two individuals from USPL were traveling to Belgium on Sabena 
Belgium World Airlines, which is affiliated with Delta Airlines. They were 
seated in row 6 of the plane where seats contain the tray tables in the 
armrest section of the seat. 
They setup their tray tables and proceeded to use their laptop during 
flight, both their PCs began experiencing problems. Apparently the tray 
tables were magnetized, so they will not make noises while stored in the 
armrests. The magnetized trays corrupted the hard drives of both laptops. 
On this particular Belgium flight, the aircraft happen to be a "new" 
Airbus 340, which explains why this has not surfaced until now. The 
problem seems to be with a specific European aircraft seat manufacturer. 
US Airways, NorthWestern and United have no plans to utilize these 
magnetized trays in their new Airbus aircraft. Boeing and McDonald Douglas 
also has no plans to use these magnetized trays in their new aircraft, and 
there have been no reported cases of other types of aircraft experiencing 
this problem. 
The purpose of this notice is to simply make travelers aware of the 
"potential" problem, especially on Airbus aircraft built for European-
based airlines. If the tray table appears to be magnetized (use a 
paperclip to see if it sticks), then I advise people NOT to use their 
laptop computer on these trays.

One of the most effective ways of sharing the feeling of God's daily
presence with the family is to have the children ask the blessing for
the evening meal.  But, of course, many families don't have this custom,
which accounts for the puzzlement of a little boy who went to dinner
with his parents at the home of a very elderly gentleman.  After
watching the old man bow his head and speak in hushed tones, the boy
asked his mother, "What did Mr. Bryan say to his plate?"

from "Faith, Hope and Hilarity:  The Child's Eye View
of Religion" by Dick Van Dyke

An Issaquah, Wash., man apparently became frustrated
with his personal computer, pulled out a gun and shot
it. The computer, located in the man's home office,
had four bullets holes in its hard drive and one in the
monitor. Police evacuated the man's townhouse complex,
contacted the irate PC owner by phone, and persuaded him
to come out. "We don't know if it wouldn't boot up or what,"
says one of the police officers at the scene. 

    St. Petersburg Times - July 20, 1997