Casual conversation thread, post whatever. (Number 14 woo)

[kremlin]

a good tip if you're ever tempting death by playing armchair electrician is to have a large friend stand very close to you while you work. instruct your powerful friend to immediately tackle you if things appear to be going haywire as you aren't going to be able to let go of a live wire buzzing you, the current actuates your finger muscles into only grabbing the hot wire tighter. make sure your portly pal is completely dry and completely uninformed about electricity as possible

this was protocol when i had to replace a circuit breaker on a 3 phase circuit & wanted to at least give my mom the option of an open casket funeral were things to go wrong