What's Shakin'? 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
I found this story under the Urban Legends, and it is a true story as I saw it in the Daily Mirror (UK), but I can not recall when. The article included a picture with both men, the one who had been hit with plaster casts on his arms. That's just to confirm it isn't an urban legend
A mate's mate --- in other words, a builder -- was working on a construction job with an apprentice electrician. The builder was wearing a pair of worn-out blunnies on his feet, with holes in the toes. A rock got into his boot one day, and he steadied himself with a hand on the wall, then proceeded to shake his foot vigorously in an attempt to free the rock. Just then, the apprentice electrician walked around the corner and saw the builder shaking like mad. He immediately realized the man was being electrocuted! Remembering his trade school safety class, he grabbed a shovel, and with one quick swipe he smacked the shaking man across the forearm -- shattering both bones.
Submitted on 12/13/2002
Submitted by:
Anonymous
Reference:
(March 2000)
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