by edible_hat » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:10 pm
Several years ago some friends of my parents had a "demolition weekend", where we knocked down part of their house so they could build a new extension.
Anyay, for most of the weekend there was this cable lying around, getting in the way. Believing it wasn't live (due to the power being cut off to the part of the house we were demolishing), we were all grabbing it and throwing water on it and so on.
Eventually one of the house's owners decided the cable was in the way and he'd cut it. And got shocked - turned out it was on the circuit for the kitchen, which was next to the part we were demolishing.
(Another funny/dangerous thing that happened that weekend:
"Put on your safety glasses"
"No, I'll be OK"
"OK then, your loss" *smacks concrete slab with a sledgehammer*
*chip of concrete flies up and hits non-glasses-wearer right between the eyes*
"OK I'm putting the glasses on")
Mel Gibson's remake of
The Life of Brian is nowhere near as funny as the original.
There are four autonomic responses, and they all start with F. Fright, fight, flight and making love. -Dr Karl
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