Electrocution after pee near pole ZOT!!!

dailytelegraph.news.com.au ^ | 04jul03

[dennisw]

Electrocution after pee near pole

04jul03

A THAI man with a prosthetic leg was electrocuted when he urinated near a power pole on the side of a highway in Bangkok.

The 27-year-old victim's father told police they had stopped their car near a toll booth during a rainstorm yesterday, after nature called.

Transport officials told The Nation newspaper that the victim's prosthetic leg could have acted as a strong conductor of electricity at the spot, which was not an authorised parking zone.

Thawil Phuengma, dean of engineering at King Mongkut's University of Technology said the man probably urinated on an uncovered ground line near the pole

[cherry_bomb88]

Cute graphics....LOL.

Yes, this guy would certainly qualify for a Darwin Award.

Sometimes it's nice to take a break from the seriousness of life and laugh at the utterly inane people in the world.

[fnord]

I don't know what it is Doc, but I feel a burning sensation when I urinate ...

[Sir Charles]

Morning tide, the young man died.....

[reagan_fanatic]

Must have really had to go. Gives new meaning to the phrase 'hollow leg'

[doug from upland]

Great, let's make fun of a 27-year-old who died, everyone. He didn't die doing something evil. He is not Hillary, Sinkmaster, Carville, Begala, Conason, McAuliffe, etc. God rest his soul.

[Corin Stormhands]

Heed this warning...

[MaryFromMichigan]

Agreed.
God rest his soul.

[Elsie]

How many of us peed on the electric fence twice when we were a kid????

[Elsie]

A THAI man with a prosthetic leg was electrocuted when he urinated near a power pole on the side of a highway in Bangkok.

I served 18 months in Thailand, and I can tell you that they usually don't even get CLOSE to a 'pole' (or anything else to hide a bit) when Nature calls: just pull over and do your business!

[Quix]

Alzheimer mother's indoor poodle dog has an outdoor poop pen.

The Outdoor dog habitually and compulsively would mark HIS territory relentlessly there keeping the poodle poop pen wet.

Dad decided to add a wire to the electric fence circuit at just the right lower height inside a PVC pipe split in half lengthwise. Somehow, the shepherd mix outdoor dog has sensed the electricity and we've not heard a yelp but the poop pen has stayed dry.

I guess is few zaps at other parts of the pen convinced him he needed to pay attention to his sensory input about the electricity being on and protect his penis!

I don't think that would be a favored way to go by any means--in Thailand or elsewhere!

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Is that a lightning rod or are you just glad to see me?

[Petronski]

The dude got zotted, 'Tommyboy' style. LOL

"Why does it burn when I pee?"

[Freedom4US]

Possibly a UL...

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This story was related by Pat Routledge of Winnepeg, ONT about an unusual
telephone service call he handled while living in England.

It is common practice in England to signal a telephone subscriber by
signaling with 90 volts across one side of the two wire circuit and ground
(earth in England). When the subscriber answers the phone, it switches to
the two wire circuit for the conversation. This method allows two parties
on the same line to be signalled without disturbing each other.

This particular subscriber, an elderly lady with several pets, called to
say that her telephone failed to ring when her friends called and that on
the few occasions when it did manage to ring her dog always barked first.
Torn between curiosity to see this psychic dog and a realization that
standard service techniques might not suffice in this case, Pat proceeded
to the scene. Climbing a nearby telephone pole and hooking in his test
set, he dialed the subscriber's house. The phone didn't ring. He tried
again. The dog barked loudly, followed by a ringing telephone. Climbing
down from the pole, Pat found:

a. Dog was tied to the telephone system's ground post via an iron
chain and collar
b. Dog was receiving 90 volts of signalling current
c. After several jolts, the dog was urinating on ground and barking
d. Wet ground now conducted and phone rang.

[Willie Green]

He didn't die doing something evil.

How do you know?
The Lord works in mysterious ways.
He must've had SOME good reason to Zot this guy's gonads.
I don't think He'd do such a thing just for chuckles.
Unless, of course, He's a She just like the feminazis have been claiming. (((shudder)))

[Badray]

That's amazing. And funny.

[spectr17]

My first experience with the great blue streaks of light was a young child. Putting a fork into a wall socket was always a hoot to get the old man out of the recliner.

[ExSES]

Salt water conducts electricity folks, so watch were you wiz.

It sure does! Remonds me of a "tale" told by a USAF M/Sgt. I once knew... He "ran" the MARS facility that I used to frequent in Florida.

He was stationed at Eileson AFB near Fairbanks, AK MANY years ago and, had a BC-610 (One VERY large obsolete military transmitter) which he operated at his home (nice room heaterin the winter time). He made a "homebrew" verticle antenna with a very large base loading coil to use with his gear. One very cold Alaska morning (-30+ F.) he went out to find a neighbor's dog frozen solid near his verticle antenna. From the obvious "yellow snow" it was immediately deduced that the dog had decided to pee on his antenna loading coil at a time when he was transmitting! Unlike the fenceposts that the dog had "marked" in his past..., this one "marked" him for immediate extinction!

Just one of the MANY tales that the guy would relate when properly lubricated with a few cold "807s" at the local watering hole!

[al baby]

What a pisser

[white trash redneck]

Here, hold my Tsing Tao and watch this...