Supposedly taken by the girlfriend the morning after her boyfriend came home drunk...

 

I would have been temped to take a cigarette lighter to that, just for grins.

 

Neighbors would feel bad for smelling that delicious barbecue and not being invited to it.

 

She connected it to the neutral pin so he was pretty safe. Did she know it was neutral or was he just lucky? Anyway, it makes for a strong statement. Sort of like when you come home and find your clothes spread over the front lawn.

 

Nothing can be made idiot proof, because idiots are so ingenuous. There are of course, the Darwin awards: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Awards

The years get mixed up, but here are some attributed to Y2K: http://www.humormatters.com/darwin.htm

John

 

It has been said that you can design things to be fool-proof...... but not b*****-fool-proof.

She connected it to the neutral pin so he was pretty safe.

I thought it was he who connected it?

 

Sorry for the confusion but the boyfriend supposedly connected his own phone that way while drunk. The girlfiriend took the photo the next morning.

 

She connected it to the neutral pin so he was pretty safe. Did she know it was neutral or was he just lucky? Anyway, it makes for a strong statement. Sort of like when you come home and find your clothes spread over the front lawn.

would have been live here (our neutral on RHS)

 

You should convert to UK sockets, live and neutral have shutters over them which get pushed out of the way when the (longer) earth pin is inserted.

 

 

 

Oh Yea. the potential for stupid is vast.

 

Today I saw a story in which a young girl's father gave her a Python. Mom didn't like the snake so it was given to the boy next door. The boy's father was transporting the boy and the snake to the pet store- to get a cage- when the snake bit the boy. The snake was a Water Moccasin.

Yep. At least we can always count on stupidity to remain constant in a changing world.

 

........Yep. At least we can always count on stupidity to remain constant in a changing world.........

This is a very wise statement. Stupid defines the far left side of the the intelligence spectrum. Unfortunately, the right side of the spectrum is not that far to the right.

 

That's funny (but true).

 

I don't think 'stupid' is a constant in this world. I think it is constantly expanding. The movie "Idiocracy" seems to be morphing from a sci-fi comedy to a very plausible prediction of our future.

 

Yup. Bernays would be proud.

 

The way I say it is, "This world is not in danger of being overrun with geniuses".
I have an imaginary sign next to my front door. I read it whenever I go out of my house. It says, "Remember, 99% of the people you meet today will not have an IQ in the top 1% of the population". Then I come here and find a dozen or more people that humble me regularly.
This is a really great website!

 

The way I say it is, "This world is not in danger of being overrun with geniuses".
I have an imaginary sign next to my front door. I read it whenever I go out of my house. It says, "Remember, 99% of the people you meet today will not have an IQ in the top 1% of the population". Then I come here and find a dozen or more people that humble me regularly.
This is a really great website!

Me too.

 

....... Then I come here and find a dozen or more people that humble me regularly. This is a really great website!

I humbly agree.