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From: ridder@elvira.enet.dec.com (Hans Ridder)
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Subject: Re: Electric Fences (why does person on end get the shock?)
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Date: 3 Jan 90 15:54:14 GMT
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In article <1211@ariel.unm.edu> ee5391aa@hydra.unm.edu.UUCP (Duke McMullan n5gax) writes:
>On a subject whose Hamming distance from the above isn't very great,
>no doubt you've heard stories about people micturating on an electric
>fence, ignition coil, or other source of HV. I'm skeptical of them,
>categorically.

When I was young, my older brother once relieved himself on an
electric fence (in Germany if it matters), and by the surprized look
on his face, the jumping and the way he "held" hiself (making himself
wet in the process), I would venture to guess that he did indeed
receive an unpleasant shock.  While this isn't first hand (so to
speak) evidence, I'm certainly convinced not to repeat the experiment.

-hans



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