Fisherman invents electric fishing rod... and is electrocutedFull

Daily Mail Online ^ | April 25, 2017 | Chris Summers

[Teotwawki]

A man was killed when he fell into the water carrying an electric fishing rod he had invented himself.

Kamal Siada, 41, was using the makeshift rod to catch fish in a drainage ditch in the Malaysian city of Sandakan last night.

But he fell into the stream in the Kg Mangkalinau squatter camp and was electrocuted.

[BenLurkin]

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Wye or Delta wired?

[miliantnutcase]

Was it plugged into a car battery wtf?

[ptsal]

nifty wordsmithing :)

[spokeshave]

He must have hooked an electric eel.

[Ezekiel]

I’d make a comment about his sole, but it’s not my plaice to say.

[Bulwyf]

Three wire or four?

These things matter.

Remember folks, electricians do it til it hertz.

[21twelve]

To paraphrase an old Guindon(?) cartoon with the fisherman at the bait shop.

“Oh yeah, they’re biting on a 4-inch floating Rapala in silver or gold with 8 to 10 pound line. And if that doesn’t work I’d go with 440 volts and 100 amps.”

[crazy scenario]

"Not the first time a shortage of awareness about current conditions has shocked a poor fisherman. "

He should have SWITCHED to a different rod.

[Daffynition]

Fish or cut bait. Good thing there were no crocs. Then he could have been kilt.

[Ciaphas Cain]

On our farm, we called such an invention a “cattle prod”.

[Bob]

So you have some resistance to it?

[Daffynition]

FRiends don't let FR......

[granite]

A joule of a story.

[Morgana]

Memegang bir saya = hold my beer

Memegang bir saya dalam bahasa Melayu = hold my beer in Melay

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Reminds me of an old Ray Bradbury story about a lost robot who fixes up a ray gun to destroy mountains. It used two or three flashlight batteries.

[Fresh Wind]

He should have stayed ohm instead of going out with a hooker.

[Bullish]

That mega-hertz.

[Cboldt]

He didn’t resist enough.

[aomagrat]

Shocking he would actually try such a thing.