--- Frank McConnell <fmc_at_reanimators.org> wrote:
> ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
> > No. No mains connectors at all (obviously). In the UK, the standard
> mains
> > socket has shutters over the live/neutral contacts which are opened
> when
> > the earth pin enters its contact. So you can't stick bits of wire into
> > mains sockets.
>
> Well, that's no fun. How else are kids supposed to learn that
> sticking a neon lamp's leads into a wall socket is a bad idea?
Bobby-pins - 18 mo old... 110VAC is soooo much safer to get into
than 240VAC.
> -Frank McConnell
> "I don't want a kinder, gentler world. I want one full of traps for the
> unwary, whirling blades, spite and radios which bear in large red
> letters the Dave-Barryesque legend 'OK TO USE IN TUB.'" -D. Henke
I'm personally waiting for a major appliance (microwave, refrigerator,
etc.) to come with the warning "Do Not Lick". I in-fact want to get
a roll of 5-7cm round stickers with the "not" logo over a protruding
tongue (like the one on the cover of The Rolling Stones "Tattoo You").
I expect them to end up in interesting places.
-ethan
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Received on Wed Nov 07 2001 - 13:05:55 GMT