[rattrap]

I sat here and tried to come up with a witty remark for this story but it kind of has me floored. Enjoy!

[FormerACLUmember]

Here is a photo of the poor electrified dude:

[netmilsmom]

Bookmarking for the zot pictures.

[BenLurkin]

This is VERY hard to believe: "Power-dressing man leaves trail of destruction" http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050916/od_nm/australia_electricity_dc;_ylt=A9FJqaXrICtDa.8AUAGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-

[wideawake]

Nylon and wool together? This man's sense of fashion is absolutely shocking.

[Thinkin' Gal]

as he walked that he burned carpets, melted plastic and sparked a mass evacuation.

Is this guy a Muslim?

[proxy_user]

But did he get the job?

[Professional Engineer]

Plays with sparks ping.

[RightWingAtheist]

[Redcitizen]

Now that is a ZOT!

[Boundless]

Just the kind of dude you want working in the server room,
not.

I used to run a datacenter on a second (wood) floor with
linoleum tile. We had frequent unexplained computer halts.
One day I noticed one happen when I touched a peripheral.
Experiments proved it was static electricity. Even
discharging into large metal objects not connected to
the rack would trigger halts.

We ended up running a ground braid up from the foundation
and double-grounding everything in the room, even the
trash cans.

[End Times Sentinel]

I worked my way through college as a bellman at a hotel.  The combination of excessively dry winter air, poly/wool uniforms, cotton poly gloves, nylon carpeting and brass bellcarts built up a similar type charge.  I can still remember bright blue bolts shooting off my fingers as I went to touch the elevator button and the subsequent whisp of smoke.

  Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

[manwiththehands]

I suspect this guy won't be working in any fireworks factories anytime soon.

[KC_for_Freedom]

His clothes were measured by firemen as carrying a current of 40,000 volts, the Reuters news agency quoted Mr Barton as saying.

If they had measured a "charge" instead of a current the article would have made more sense. There is really only a small amount of energy, but humidity was probably very low and this energy is enought to ignite other chemical reactions. From my work around explosives, I can tell you that at this kind of humidity the facility would have been closed. Also we only allowed 100% cotton clothing.

[Vroomfondel]

Dozens of people spontaneously combust every year.

[ChefKeith]

Walking ZOT!