Polish tourist killed by urinating on 750-volt electric railway line

Daily Mail ^ | July 22, 2008 | Daily Mail Reporter

[TaxRelief]

A tourist who relieved himself over a live railway line at a south London station was electrocuted.

[TaxRelief]

The headline says it all.

[conservativehusker]

Didn’t Mythbusters do a story on something similar..??

[Scythian]

I feel bad for the guy. But what would a sign look like that warned against doing this?

[1rudeboy]

I think I remember reading somewhere that this form of death is too common (and stupid) even for the Darwin Awards.

[Tex Pete]

“Didn’t Mythbusters do a story on something similar..??”

Not sure, but I’d say “Myth confirmed!”

[TaxRelief]

This one was definitely sketched in the “Book of Bunny Suicides”.

[PurpleMan]

Season 1; Espisode 3
http://mythbustersresults.com/episode3

[DoughtyOne]

G E whiz...

[NOBAMA in 08]

Yes, Mythbusters “Proved This Couldn’t Happen!!!” Saw the show myself. Someone who knows how should E-mail Mytbusters with this latest one. Soehow, I am a pessimist on this as well.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Didn’t Mythbusters do a story on something similar..??***

I think it delt with electric fences.

[fanfan]

Ouch.

[soupcon]

good one

[Rodm]

Shocking, Simply Shocking! I do remember when our dog lifted his leg on the electric fence post. Instant potty training!

[soupcon]

Snopes weighs in....

http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/electricfence.asp

[Be_Politically_Erect]

As a kid out hunting one time i walked up to a hedgerow to relieve myself and, you guessed it, didn’t see the electric fencer.

Hurt like all get out! Pretty sure they heard my yell the next county over.

[BullDog108]

I HATE it when that happens . . .

[avacado]

The dick had it coming!

[Coffee200am]

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks...

[Political Junkie Too]

I'm wondering about the tourist who thought this was an okay thing to do in a train station. I'd hate to see this guy's hometown train station.

-PJ

[headsonpikes]

That’s something you don’t do twice!

‘Nuff said.

[tx_eggman]

Snopes weighs in....

.... and tx_eggman, having scrolled down to the picture in the snopes article, threw up in his mouth.

[TaxRelief]

Someone needs to send this story to Snopes, eh?

[Hacklehead]

No Polish Jokes?

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

It goes to show you — people all over are dying to prove the Mythbusters wrong.

[Be_Politically_Erect]

Big Time!

It was a lesson from the Advanced school of hard knocks. LOL

[tx_eggman]

They’ll have the streaming video up in about an hour

[Hegemony Cricket]

No #2 on the 3rd rail, huh?

[Hegemony Cricket]

Whoops, #1, I meant...

[Ghengis]

WHen working in Mexico, one oil well some great-uncles of mine worked in the 1930s was in a canyon. Several locals would sit on the canyon wall and watch the oilfield roughnecks drill the well. When they needed to urinate, the locals would whizz on the tin roof of the derrick's loafing shed, which became quite smelly in the summer heat.

They cured the problem by wiring 6 truck batteries to the tin roof.

[agere_contra]

It took police a week to identify the victim after the tragedy, which happened at around 5pm.

5pm at Vauxhall station (which BTW is within sight of the Houses of Parliament) is a frankly bizarre time and place to go for a slash. He must have been bursting

[wbill]

"Don't Whiz On The Electric Fence"

Ren and Stimpy ping.....

[ataDude]

That had to hurt... at least for a little bit.
.

[Hegemony Cricket]

[Kieri]

Oh, that was nasty.

Next time I WILL heed the warnings!

[andy58-in-nh]

[dblshot]

No Polish Jokes?

How tall is an electric pole in London?

About 6 feet.

[xcamel]

low on the darwin award scale...

[PLMerite]

Wow, first STDs and now this. It’s not safe to take it out for any reason...

[According2RecentPollsAirIsGood]

Snopes weighs in....

http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/electricfence.asp

That's the second worst thing I've ever read behind this. (WARNING, no pictures but not for the weak of stomach or those timid about descriptions of certain areas of the body).

Now what would supercede both in barf-potential is reading "Obama elected President" on November 5th.

Also, the Mythbusters' conclusion was that it was possible to electrocute oneself by urinating on the third rail, but that in most circumstances your stream would probably subdivide into droplets because of surface tension instead of forming a continuous path. If you had a large enough flow rate, though, it was possible to have a continuous stream and hence a viable electrical path. So it's probably possible in certain circumstances, but not terribly likely.

[TaxRelief]

If you had a large enough flow rate, though, it was possible to have a continuous stream and hence a viable electrical path.

A couple of pints at the local pub could contribute to the appropriate "flow rate".

[Anti-Bubba182]

Peeing on the Third Rail - Mythbusters

[Skooz]

http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/electricfence.asp

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[gathersnomoss]

OH Sh!t. Whoa, wow dude. Why did you post that burnt weenie? sheesh.

[ronnie raygun]

Just when you try to get away from the stereo typical

[frithguild]

How tall is an electric pole in London?

About 6 feet.

Are you positive?

[TaxRelief]

Mythbusters has been “busted”.

[buccaneer81]

[frithguild]

No Polish Jokes?

No because jokes about Poles that are not well grounded have no place here.

[dblshot]

How tall is an electric pole in London?
About 6 feet.

Are you positive?

Maybe, May be not. I currently have alternating postions on this one. Probably due to being wired on to much coffee.