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Metal bed electricity antics
So here I was, seven years old and in love with taking EVERYTHING apart. I decide it'd be a great idea to try a wiring job... so I find my radio, strip out the power cable with my little screw driver set, take the back off the plug (don't ask me why!) and shove it in the wall socket. Cue 220v running up my arm and earthing through my arse when I touched the live pin as I tried to unplug it...

You'd think that'd stop me, but nooooo... I had to go one better... That stripped wire? After I managed to turn off the socket switch, I pulled off the insulation and wired one end to one hole on my metal bedstead and the other wire to the other hole... on the same metal bedstead.

When I switched on the power, I blew 3 fuses in our house and shorted out our entire building! Oh, and electrocuted myself again!!
(Sat 22nd Dec 2007, 16:33, More)