The Old/Illegal Electrics and Electrical Disaster Stories Thread

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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,830MI6 Agent
    A news story I heard on BBC Radio 4 in the car earlier on this week that I wanted to share in this thread. It made me smile and thankfully the monkey involved was unharmed.

    Kenya nationwide blackout caused by rogue monkey


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36475667
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    That story has many questions ....

    Was that Monkey Nuts ?
    Was thar Monkey Wrench-ed away?
    and
    Will he end up behind Monkey Bars ?
    or
    Was he just Monkeying around ?
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  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    my first task in my first job after finishing uni was to use a sander on something, plugged a rather ropey looking extension lead in which promptly exploded as i switched it on, taking half the plug with it.

    an omen? yeah, you could say that :))
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,830MI6 Agent
    minigeff wrote:
    my first task in my first job after finishing uni was to use a sander on something, plugged a rather ropey looking extension lead in which promptly exploded as i switched it on, taking half the plug with it.

    an omen? yeah, you could say that :))

    Just the sort of story I look for, minigeff, and I'm glad to have it to add to the collection in this thread. Thank you. :) -{
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,830MI6 Agent
    This story made the 6 o'clock news on BBC Radio 4 last night. Thankfully the baboon was only singed in the incident:

    http://www.africanews.com/2017/07/17/baboon-hospitalized-after-causing-massive-power-cut-in-zambia/
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,568Chief of Staff
    Thankfully the baboon was only singed

    If we had any French-speaking members, they would be delighted with that pun!

    ("Singe" is French for monkey :)) )
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,830MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Thankfully the baboon was only singed

    If we had any French-speaking members, they would be delighted with that pun!

    ("Singe" is French for monkey :)) )

    Ha ha. I was good at French at school, but wasn't particularly aware of that! Funny without even trying to be! :))
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  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    I would murder your ears with my merde-y French.
    (That had a nice ring to it.)
    Not the accent, necessarily but rather the way I make sentences (or the ones that make no sense, to be fully honest :))).
    I certainly want to improve it, to be honest.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    https://youtu.be/UEfP1OKKz_Q
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,830MI6 Agent
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,830MI6 Agent

    ElectroBOOM on YouTube is great:



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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,189MI6 Agent

    My grandfather had a high level of tolerance for electricy. When we had a problem with an electric fence on the farm, especially if the current was gone, we used grandad. We took a straw of grass and touched the electrical wire, but we weren't sure. "Grandad, you try ..". He would hold the wire with in his hand. "I'm not sure. Maybe ...". Then we would nervously use our hands and jump. 😂

    He did usually wear a pair of rubber boots, but so did we. I remember once he fixed a knot of electric wire while it was raining and he wasn't wearing rubber boots. That's the only time I remember him twitching from electricity.

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