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

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Talk about self-zottification.

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

[goose1]

One weenie roast.

[FreedomPoster]

As viewers of Ren and Stimpy have already learned,

"Don't whiz on the electric fence!"

[searchandrecovery]

I understand his family is setting up the "Take-A-Leak" Foundation to warn people about the dangers of urinating near power lines (either barefoot or wearing prosthetic devices).

[11th Earl of Mar]

"SMOKIN!!!!!!!!"

[MetalHeadConservative35]

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

reminds me of old chinese proverb: man who go through airport turnstile sideways going to bangkok..(bangkok is what triggered it in my mind)

[boris]

When I was a kid I saw a headline in the Baltimore Sun: "Man Pushes Crosswalk Button and Dog's Lights Go Out."

Again, a rainstorm. Master pushes the button. Somehow the dog became electrif(r)ied via a short. The article said the dog bit him once and died.

--Boris

[holyh2o]

Shocking!!!!

[Jonx6]

ping

[PeterPrinciple]

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

[George W. Bush]

The article said the dog bit him once and died.

Nice detailing...

[cyborg]

This is not FR. There aren't any pics!!!!! Not even Viking hamster zot pics...

[dalereed]

No doubt a trap for those peeing in a non approved area!

[HighWheeler]

"...probably urinated on an uncovered ground line near the pole.."

No way.

He would HAVE to be peeing on the power side, while his body acted as the grounding side.

It's incredible how most of the world has no idea about safety, cleanliness, disease prevention, or failure modes.

[Darksheare]

My brother never figured that out...
And he now has three kids and a fourth on the way.

[cherry_bomb88]

I've actually seen idiot country boys do that.....*rolling eyes* Boys/men will do anything on a dare!

[cherry_bomb88]

ROTFL

[section9]

Ah, yes. This takes me back, back in the mists of time to the zotting of another troll thread.....

Another Darwin Award winner!

Speaking of which....

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

Hold muh....

um...

ewww...

never mind.