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John P.Phillips Member From: Brunswick, Ga. U.S.A. |
![]() Dear Friends, My wife is fond of saying that my last words on this earth will be something akin to, "hey y'all, hold my beer and watch this!" Well, I have outdone myself once again. No doubt you will see this true story chronicled in a LifeTime movie in the near future. Here goes. Last weekend I spied something at Wayne's Pistol and Pawn that tickled my fancy. (Note: Keep in mind that my "fancy" is easily tickled). I bought something really cool for my wife. The occasion was our 22nd anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my sweet girl. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized Tazer gun with a clip. For those of you who are not familiar with this product, it is a less-than-lethal stun gun with two metal prongs designed to incapacitate an assailant with a shock of high-voltage, low amperage electricity while you flee to safety. The effects are supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, but allowing you adequate time to retreat to safety. You simply jab the prongs into your 250 lb. Tattooed assailant, push the button, and it will render him a slobbering, goggle-eyed, muscle-twitching, whimpering, pencil-neck geek. If you've never seen one of these things in action, then you're truly missing out--way too cool! Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded two triple-a batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was so disappointed. Upon reading the directions (we don't need no stinkin' directions), I found much to my chagrin that this particular model would not create an arch between the prongs. How disappointing! I do love fire for effect. I learned that if I pushed the button, however, and pressed it against a metal surface that I'd get the blue arch of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs that I was so looking forward to. I did so...... Awesome!!! Sparks, a blue arch of electricity, and a loud pop!!! Yipeeeeee . . I'm easily amused, just for your information, but I have yet to explain to my wife what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave. Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-a batteries, etc., etc.(you know how adventuresome us steel players can be, wanting to see how things work) There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently (trusting little soul), reading the directions (that would be me, not Gracie) and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh and blood target. I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie for a fraction of a second and thought better of it. She is such a sweet kitty, after all. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong? Was I wrong to think that? Seemed reasonable to me at the time... So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, Tazer in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. All the while I'm looking at this little device (measuring about 5" long, less than 3/4 inch in circumference, pretty cute really, and loaded with two itsy, bitsy triple-a batteries) thinking to myself, "no flippin' way!" .--trust me, but I'm getting ahead of myself. What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best. Those of you who know me well have got a pretty good idea of what followed. I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to one side as to say, "don't do it buddy," reasoning that a one-second burst from such a tiny lil' ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad (sound, rational thinking under the circumstances, wouldn't you agree?). I decided to give myself a one-second burst just for the heck of it. (Note: You know, a bad decision is like hindsight--always twenty-twenty. It is so obvious that it was a bad decision after the fact, even though it seemed so right at the time. (don't ya hate that?) I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and HOLY ------------------ |
Ray Minich Member From: Limestone, New York, USA |
![]() At least you didn't scare the cat too much ![]() If you ever take a single use camera (with flash) apart, where the flash battery and flashlamp electronics are laying on the table outside of their plastic case, don't try to pick the darn thing up unless yer wearin' rubber gloves. They have a supercapacitor in them that holds one he!! of a charge and packs a good whallop. 9 times out of 10 when you pick the subassembly up with your bare hands you'll get zapped. I've had one on my desk shelf here for a year and ain't moved it since it zapped me 6 months ago. [This message was edited by Ray Minich on 28 September 2004 at 03:30 PM.] |
Jim Phelps Member From: just out of Mexico City |
![]() . [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 17 November 2004 at 07:56 PM.] |
Archie Nicol Member From: Ayrshire, Scotland |
![]() What's black and crispy and hangs from the ceiling? J.P. Phillips changing a light bulb. |
Bob Hickish Member From: Port Ludlow, Washington, USA |
![]() John That Has to be the most humor's story ever told on the Forum - if the Mod-er-a-tor gives a prize for the -Most Funny - you have my Vote . that's a 5 smiley ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Donna Dodd Moderator From: Kennesaw, Georgia, USA |
![]() I'll have to agree with Bob, John. That's the most I've laughed in a long, long time! I got one of those bug zapper things that looks like a badminton racket so I could take care of mosquitoes before they took care of me. Like you, John – well, I HAD to try it out on myself. I’m not missing the same body parts as you, but let’s just say my sinuses started misbehaving immediately . . . well, my nose was the closes thing to tap – and I could smell it at the same time. Flesh doesn’t smell too great burning, does it? By the way, was your wife STUNNED? Great story!!!!! |
Jim Smith Member From: Plano, TX, USA |
![]() quote:Umm, I would hope you never had them to begin with! ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rick Collins Member From: Claremont , CA USA |
![]() John, it takes cashews to pull a stunt like that on yourself. But, there's no assurance that you'll still have them after the stunt is completed. ![]() Now picture this: I read in the paper that during a Florida state execution that the electricity was on for a full 90 seconds before the prisoner finally was pronounced dead. I understand that the chair had a tag on it that said, "You Can Be Sure If It's Westinghouse". More power than just two AAA batteries, I suspect. Now, don't go trying to dry your hair with a hairdryer while you are standing in water in the bath tub. You might drop it. |
Savell Member From: |
![]() ![]() [This message was edited by Savell on 29 September 2004 at 01:23 PM.] |
Herman Visser Member From: Rohnert Park, California, USA |
![]() Hi John,I would like to see that on flim.Could it be possible to set up a Cam on your computor for all of us to enjoy.Id pay big bucks to see that one.What makes it so funny to me is,Thats me!!!! Never take some ones word,have to see it for myself.Ha Donna the BUG thing, tried it. YES IT WORKS!!!! never thought one little battery, that much power BIG THANKS JOHN |
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