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About an hour and a half ago, I was moving my fiance's computer around, so, I unplugged everything. Well, I was plugging everything back in, and well, my fiance had bent a plug, and I didn't notice it... so, I plugged it in and it sparked majorly... basically, it went through my left hand and out the top of my shoulder.

I now have two burn marks - point of entry and point of exit - and my hand is a mixture of paleness and color.

So, the only things that saved me were the fact that I was wearing shoes and that she had a surge protector, I'm convinced, because the shock was strong enough to knock me back a bit and I felt woozy afterwards.

Yeah, so, on top of all of this... my fiance was at work, had to bike home from it, and I tripped out the power in every room of our apartment... so, we had to go all landlord to tell us where the circuit breakers were, because we had no clue... yeah, it's been a fun night.

Nasty mate, electrocutions are no picnic! :eek:

From 110? Its the amps that will kill you. Either way I bet you shit your britches. I know I did the first time I felt 110. hehe Didn't it feel like your heart was all fucked up afterwards?

*points and laughs at TH*

AHAHAHAHA DUMBASS!!!!

I felt it through my body, and lastly, my heart. I thought I was going to die... it was... surreal.

*points and laughs at TH*

AHAHAHAHA DUMBASS!!!!

It wasn't my fault. Do you have a problem with me, Japaica?

*points and laughs at TH*

AHAHAHAHA DUMBASS!!!!
You're the dumbass here, you know.

I shocked myself at work the other day. I was reseting the confirmation board, went to plug it back in, and then i zapped myself. It left my hand numb for about 10 minutes

Yeah, my hand up to me elbow was numb for about 1/2 hour. My girlfriend came back, bandaged it for a bit, and now I have a half-bandage over the part that's burnt (my palm). It's not a bad burn, just enough to sting.

I don't think I've ever electrocuted myself.
No, wait I have!
That one time at Boy's and Girl's Club when I stuff a fork in the electric holes under that table.
I was only minor though.

Foxx, how old are you?

I recall the time I fried myself. Twice actualy. We were renovating in my place and a light switch wasn't covered and as I flicked it on my finger sliped in the box and must have touched a wire in it. I got lucky though it was only a small shock.

When I was four I stuck a screw driver in an outlet while my mom and dad were moving the kitchen. And like last year I was plugging my new TV in a I didn't notice that I was touching the metal part of the plug and it shocked me really bad.

I felt it through my body, and lastly, my heart. I thought I was going to die... it was... surreal.



It wasn't my fault. Do you have a problem with me, Japaica?

no problem. I just enjoy laughing at the person that got elecrocuted :D

If you'd have done that in Britain you'd be a lot worse off. The 240 we have over here is potent stuff. I hate messing around with wires cause its pretty easy to electrocute yourself as you cant see, hear or smell electricity. Its magic stuff though.

I just thought: If it wasn't for electriciy, you wouldn't be able to tell us you got electrocuted. Now think about that... works two ways don't it?

You're the dumbass here, you know.

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Just to be an ass, electrocution is to be killed by electric shock. Technically you just received an electric shock. ^_^; </assmode>

Sorry to hear it, in any event.

Foxx, how old are you?I'm 14 but I was, like, 7 when this story happened.

Yeah being electrocuted is no fun. Touched the metal part of the plugin while hooking up my phone, and I could feel it go through my body. I think my heart skipped. Feels like it sucks the energy out of you as well.

Yeah, my hand up to me elbow was numb for about 1/2 hour. My girlfriend came back, bandaged it for a bit, and now I have a half-bandage over the part that's burnt (my palm). It's not a bad burn, just enough to sting.

Please see a doctor -- it may have done fun things to your heart, and if you've two burn holes, your arm is injured pretty badly.

I've gotten a minor electric shock before... I was 7 or so and screwing around with a plug behind my bed and I suddenly felt this weird feeling in my arm, but it wasn't anything really bad.

Glad you didn't die, though. Some kid in my elementary school almost died shoving a shard of something into an electrical socket when I was in kindergarden. >.<

Please see a doctor -- it may have done fun things to your heart, and if you've two burn holes, your arm is injured pretty badly.

They're no "holes," per se, they're more like little cuts if that makes any sense. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow morning though just to make sure; thanks for the concern!

Ow. That hurts.

Although sometimes i electocute myself for fun.....

Although sometimes i electocute myself for fun.....

Why would you do that?

I certainly didn't find this fun...

Why would you do that?

I certainly didn't find this fun...

Only slight shocks-Like, Socks and Doorknob shocks. Nothing like the thing that you got.

Only slight shocks-Like, Socks and Doorknob shocks. Nothing like the thing that you got.

Ah, okay.

I used to electrocute myself in a circle with friends, the end people holding two batteries and some of us holding the wires when I was in high school a few years back, that's all I've ever known.

If you'd have done that in Britain you'd be a lot worse off. The 240 we have over here is potent stuff. I hate messing around with wires cause its pretty easy to electrocute yourself as you cant see, hear or smell electricity. Its magic stuff though.

I just thought: If it wasn't for electriciy, you wouldn't be able to tell us you got electrocuted. Now think about that... works two ways don't it?Yeah, I'm pretty aware of this, so I don't piss about with electricity. They say unplug the fucking toaster, you unplug the fucking toaster, y-know?

Just to be an ass, electrocution is to be killed by electric shock. Technically you just received an electric shock. ^_^; </assmode>

Sorry to hear it, in any event.

Yeah I was going to say that, once I was at my friends house and his dad was walking down to the basement and it ws full of water (it was after hurican Floyd) of '99 or '98. sandals, and he stepped in the water and flew back and it broke the steps so he fell in the water and we helped him out, and we got a little zap too, we called an ambulance he was in shock for a few hours went to intensive care then he came home and was fine (after some days) If we didnt pull him out hed be dead right now.

Those poor steps...

Yeah, I'm pretty aware of this, so I don't piss about with electricity. They say unplug the fucking toaster, you unplug the fucking toaster, y-know?

He wouldnt have gotten electrecuted.

Or was that your point

He wouldnt have gotten electrecuted.

Or was that your point
I'm saying that, I'm always pretty aware when I plug or unplug things, or especially when fiddling around with single insulation wires, that the voltage is pretty potent.

And Tuesday= she

You should be sure to check to see if you got any super powers.

You should be sure to check to see if you got any super powers.
Naw man - she'd have to have spilled chemicals on herself at the same time. Or been eating a radioactive sandwich or something.

These things have rules, y'know.

I work around electricity in my job, changing outlets or switches in live cicuits is common. Commercial lighting is 277v. I was once changing an exit light fixture and didn't realize the old one was shorted to the frame. The jolt knocked me off the ladder.

I don't feel like Superwoman. Damn! :mad:

Thanks, Spoffin, for the proper pronoun correction!

Me and my friend are two halves of a MacGyver. One time we took a power box from a street lamp, used a leaf to gather dew, poured it all over a fence, attached a wire to the fence, then rubbed our shirts against the lamp post. A spark of static lit, accidentally jumpstarted the backup batter and blew us back. Damn fail/safe thought it was surge and turned on the battery. My shoulder was junk for about a week after, but my head was worse; I still suffer chronic headaches because of it.

Heh, 2 years ago (when I was 16) in physics class, we were doing an electricity experiment using this huge battery (cant recall how much power it had) and my partner and I got given a defective battery....

When I switched it on, BANG, and I got knocked onto the floor with a slightly burnt hand, and my partner fell on his arse too.

We thought it was hilarious but I was lucky to have been touching the plastic casing at the time.

I don't feel like Superwoman. Damn!
Maybe it doesn't work on you. Maybe you have the power to make other people invisible ...



If it turns out you do, I have a little list of certain posters ...

If it turns out you do, I have a little list of certain posters ...

I do, too. ;)

Yikes. I've never seriously electrocuted myself, but we have a couple of unfinished light switches in our house and sometimes if I'm not paying attention when I try to turn a light on or off, I accidentally stick my finger near the wires and it feels all vibratey and silver until I get my hand away from there. Which always seems to take longer than it should. And then my heartrate goes up and my hand is all funkily numb for about a minute.

Haha, I can sympathize, but my experience wasn't quite as shocking.

In 9th grade on a dare I stuck a foil gum wrapper into an electrical outlet in science class. A huge spark exploded and scared the hell out of everyone in class. I can still remember the substitute teacher screaming "What the Hell!"

I wasn't injured or anything but the outlet smoked a lot. I saw the foil drop to the floor. I quickly picked it up before the teacher could notice it and blame it on me. Her and my fellow classmates (the ones who dared me) told her we had no idea how the outlet simply burst like that on its own. My firends had to cover their faces in their hands to hide the laugher as she bought what I told her.

She called the main office and told a custodian what had happened. I could tell that after she told him he was suspecting foul play. But in the end no one got in trouble although I was a nervous wreck for about a week.

I remember looking at the foil, still hidden from my teacher, after class, investigating its state. Half of it was burned off. I'm just happy that wasn't my finger.

electrocution is your friend


also the word is fiancee in this case ..........lol

My dad is a property developer, so i always end up working with him, usually wiring. It was just one of those days where nothing was going right, and i was doing some wiring up in the attic, wasn't paying much attention and mis-wired a switch, soon after i shocked myself, and it hurt like hell.
It wasn't too serious, but it is the weirdest feeling, its like all the energy inside you is bursting out, its freaky !.

Are you one of those people that all the crazy stuff happens to? I'm like that. It doesn't matter where I am, I always managed to damage something or myself. I'm on fate's list of enemies.

Sorry to hear you got a shock - one like that can't be nice.

The only time I managed to shock myself (not as bad as yours) was when I was on holiday in Ireland. I was sitting on a wall and I dropped my food over the other side by accident. So I climbed down (it was a stone wall, plenty of hand holds) and squeezed between the wall and the electric fence. I retreived my food and got half way up the wall again when I slipped, fell backwards, and landed on the electric fence... back first. Got quite a nasty shock down my spine and a bit of bruising, but I live to tell the tale.

I shocked myself once before, and I'm not exactly sure how I did it.

I had an old Apple IIc computer (yeah, this was a LONG time ago), and I decided to flip both switches for the monitor and keyboard on at exactly the same time. BIG mistake--I felt a shock rip into my arm and I back up as quick as I could. It didn't burn or do anything to my heart or whatever...it was like getting a static shock, except really, REALLY severe.

Somebody told me later that I may have created a short circuit by flipping both switches simultaneously like that. Needless to say I NEVER did that again.

I, sadly, also wasn't blessed with superpowers. :-(

Another time in Duluth: anone who goes there and eats at the rotating restaurant at the Radisson, don't touch the rails. I made the mistake of resting my arm on the inside rail colsest to me and the outside rail. The rotation creates a constant static charge, only much stronger. I flew out of my seat with a burnt hand and elbow. You'd think a high-traffic restaurant like tha would put up a safeguard.

Are you one of those people that all the crazy stuff happens to?

No, I'm not one of those people... I'm usually a very cautious person when it comes to stuff like that... but you couldn't really tell the plug I plugged in was actually bent... it was so slight you had to hold it up to the light and such.

BTW, I went to the doctor's this morning - they gave me some ointment and stuff - but everything is a-okay with my heart and such.

That's good, then. It's just the numbness and the shock that makes you believe there's some serious damage.