Electric Jollies 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
I am ashamed to admit it but I would like to nominate myself and my brother as nominees for the Darwin award.
When I was eight, I was ordered to sweep out our garage. Sweeping is boring, labor insensive and time consuming so I thought I would substitute it with simply hosing the gargage down with the garden hose. So far, so good; no award.
As fate would have it, my dad removed a light bulb on the garage wall and I pointed the hose at it and hit it bulls eye with the water. I got an immediate pleasurable jolt of electricity up my arm and pointed the water at it 10-12 times (I am barefoot on the cement floor standing in a puddle of water---Jesus!!!). Not content of trying to simply electrocute myself, I told my big brother (10 at the time) and WE TOOK TURNS POINTING THE WATER AT THE SOCKET AND GETTING THE JOLT OF ELECTRICY UP OUR ARMS. GROOVY!!!
The electricy was so enjoyable, we volunteered to clean the garage for the next four days in a row. My Dad finally put his foot down when he noticed the sheet rock melting with all the water on it and we were forbidden to hose the garage down again. As a US Army Signal Officer (yes, I survived!!!) I wince everytime I tell this story.
The punch line? Six years later two sisters died on our block on Father's day. Having washed their dad's car, they wanted to vacumme it out...so they took out the family vacume cleaner, plugged it in a wall socket and steping on minute droplets of water, electrocuted themselves. They won the award, we lost. Such is life. Submitted on 06/09/2003
Submitted by:
Michael Goncalves
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