30 ways to die from electrocution / #1 pee on a live wire
via wfmu blog
a day late and a dollar short...
I have two more from this last week, for how to nearly electrocute yourself to death. Buy a 220 volt electric cord for new used dryer. To make sure it fits the receptacle before attaching it to dryer, plug it in and make sure the bare wire/connectors at the end are touching. Be happy that although the insulated part of the wire was draped across your leg, the part that shot hot molten sparks into the room was not touching you. Later in the week detach from facia old section of gutter until it is attached by one stubborn spike in the middle. Make sure you are doing this with the power line coming into the house above you. Wait for the inevitable propeller-like swinging of the gutter in the one of two directions you don't want it to go, so that it rests against the power line. While not debating too long to what degree you do or do not cherish life, get a heavy metal rake with fiberglass handle and reposition gutter so that it is not touching the power line anymore. Then get a pair of bolt cutters and cut the head off that stubborn spike. Repeat as necessary.
|
via wfmu blog
- bill 4-09-2009 4:31 pm
a day late and a dollar short...
- bill 4-09-2009 4:44 pm [add a comment]
I have two more from this last week, for how to nearly electrocute yourself to death. Buy a 220 volt electric cord for new used dryer. To make sure it fits the receptacle before attaching it to dryer, plug it in and make sure the bare wire/connectors at the end are touching. Be happy that although the insulated part of the wire was draped across your leg, the part that shot hot molten sparks into the room was not touching you. Later in the week detach from facia old section of gutter until it is attached by one stubborn spike in the middle. Make sure you are doing this with the power line coming into the house above you. Wait for the inevitable propeller-like swinging of the gutter in the one of two directions you don't want it to go, so that it rests against the power line. While not debating too long to what degree you do or do not cherish life, get a heavy metal rake with fiberglass handle and reposition gutter so that it is not touching the power line anymore. Then get a pair of bolt cutters and cut the head off that stubborn spike. Repeat as necessary.
- jimlouis 4-10-2009 1:58 pm [add a comment]