Big issue or not that big of a deal, shack I ask this unto you...

My wife has an almost two year old Dell Inspiron laptop. For the last few years Dell Inspiron notebooks like many other notebooks have used a metal chassis on the bottom and a non conductive paint to cover said chassis. In the past you would often find a hard plastic over the metal chassis. There are many pros to this method, but I think I found one major con ... the paint chips.

I often use my wife's laptop in shorts on the couch or in a chair. This means each one of my meaty thighs is supporting an edge of the laptop. Recently I've noted a tingly sensation far different then what I experience when phil posts picture sets. It didn't take long for me to realize that I'm feeling a shock come from the exposed metal of the laptop! This is enough of a shock that it is quite uncomfortable, so strong enough to conduct through me. That has to be a decent sized current, does it not?

Am I crazy in thinking that is a huge safety hazard that Dell has over looked in this laptop design?