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From: wrv@ihlpm.ATT.COM (Vogel)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: WHat are those holes for?
Message-ID: <2073@ihlpm.ATT.COM>
Date: 20 Jul 88 16:17:59 GMT
References: <10790@oberon.USC.EDU> <327@richp1.UUCP> <303@btree.uucp>
Reply-To: wrv@ihlpm.UUCP (55627-Vogel,W.R.)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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In article <303@btree.uucp> rfarris@btree.UCSD.EDU (rick farris) writes:
>:[Why do standard electrical plugs have holes in the metal prongs?
>:
>:That's a good question!   Along the same line, why is the ground prong
>:round instead of flat like the other two?
>:
>
>Yes, and why the heck are manholes round?

This is serious!  A friend of mine was asked that exact question
on a job interview right after graduating.  He replied:
"well, have you ever seen a typical sewer worker?  He wouldn't
 fit if they weren't round".

He got the job!  (EE at some big company).

	-Bill Vogel