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From: sutter@osu-eddie.UUCP (Bob Sutterfield)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: Computer Horror Stories
Message-ID: <1510@osu-eddie.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Mar-86 09:43:51 EST
Article-I.D.: osu-eddi.1510
Posted: Wed Mar 19 09:43:51 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 21-Mar-86 03:44:30 EST
References: <14700001@hplabsb.UUCP> <12121@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <551@tekcrl.UUCP> <2034@gondor.UUCP>
Organization: OSU Instruction & Research Computer Center
Lines: 20
Summary: really salty liquid conductors

In article <2034@gondor.UUCP>, okunewck@gondor.UUCP (Philip E. OKunewick) writes:
> In article <118@graffiti.UUCP> buck@graffiti.UUCP (Lester Buck) writes:
> >...
> >whenever he relieved himself on that one spot [power cable], he was fed.
> > ...
> lifted his leg, started to go, and the fella in the tree cranked [a
> generator] like crazy.
> 
> Now, when you consider that salty water is a very good conductor of
> electricity...

There are regular legends about winos in Chicago electrocuting themselves -
something about the third rail on the El.

But isn't this a bit far afield from computer horror stories?
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