Absurdism corner
- Thread starter Bosbeetle
- Start date
Null
Snug
The second last one reminds me of something:
Here in the UK, all mains plugs must have an earth(ground) pin, which is slightly longer than the live and neutral pins.
There are mechanical plastic shutters inside the socket that cover the live and neutral contacts, until the earth pin is inserted.
This means that the only way to electrocute yourself is to find something earth-pin-shaped, push that into the earth hole/slot, then find something conductive and push that into the live hole.
There are even rules saying that it should be impossible to insert the plug upside-down (that is, earth pin in, but live and neutral going over the top of the socket.
Despite all this, you can still get these: http://www.fatallyflawed.org.uk/
---
Also, which doofus decided that brown and blue were good colours for mains wiring?
We used to have:
red = live
green = earth
black = neutral
...which is far more intuitive.
I can't even remember which way round blue and brown are supposed to be right now.
Here in the UK, all mains plugs must have an earth(ground) pin, which is slightly longer than the live and neutral pins.
There are mechanical plastic shutters inside the socket that cover the live and neutral contacts, until the earth pin is inserted.
This means that the only way to electrocute yourself is to find something earth-pin-shaped, push that into the earth hole/slot, then find something conductive and push that into the live hole.
There are even rules saying that it should be impossible to insert the plug upside-down (that is, earth pin in, but live and neutral going over the top of the socket.
Despite all this, you can still get these: http://www.fatallyflawed.org.uk/
---
Also, which doofus decided that brown and blue were good colours for mains wiring?
We used to have:
red = live
green = earth
black = neutral
...which is far more intuitive.
I can't even remember which way round blue and brown are supposed to be right now.
Fzero
Advanced Member
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2010
- Messages
- 4,702
Bloody hell!
I didn't actually know this.
And I have those 'so called protector' adapters.
My daughter is not even crawling yet, but come that time I would've got these things into all my unused plug sockets... completely unaware that blocking that top [earth] pin could have this effect.
I'm going to throw them away, and spread this word a little bit too.
So many people I bet are unaware of this and buy these with the best intentions.
thanks for link info
WizardStan
Mega GP Mania
- Joined
- May 24, 2008
- Messages
- 16,731
Colourblind technicians were dying off too fast, they needed a change before the species completely wiped itself out.
Mr_Loon
Can't Remember
- Joined
- Aug 30, 2010
- Messages
- 2,332
sebt3
homebrew player (P. & C.)
Wrong the brown just go to the bottom. and please, target the pot...
Null
Snug
Null
Snug
http://www.godsw.com/products/funnytyping.html, doesn't sound annoying in the slightest. /sarcasm
Neelix
Insecticidal Maniac
That reminds me of an old DOS key click TSR I used to have. Every time a key was pressed it would play the next note of "popcorn"
- Neelix
Null
Snug
Null
Snug
Last edited by a moderator:
Null
Snug
Null
Snug
Null
Snug
Have installed Links and set it up to connect to the Internet via the Tor network, reason is above.
Null
Snug
moz
load *,8,1
You have no idea how many times my girlfriend has had close calls whilst on Facebook. One of which funnily enough was at St Kilda beach where she almost walked straight into a large pit a kid was digging.
I will never get women and their phones :wacko:
I will never get women and their phones :wacko:
