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No Place to Go

2006 Reader Submission
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An unidentified man in Xuzhou, China, learned the hard way that it pays to use a bathroom when you have to go. Our hero broke into a power supply office with the help of a partner to relieve it of some spare electrical equipment. However before leaving the premises Mother Nature called, and our hero obediently responded. Without a commode handy, and being in an office that he had just robbed, he decided to simply relieve himself where he stood. Unfortunately he ended up urinating on a fully functional electrical supply switch, resulting in an electric shock and a hasty trip to the hospital.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-12/06/content_751720.htm

Submitted on 12/06/2006

Submitted by: Bruce Pennypacker
Reference: China Daily - 12/6/06

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Graham said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
Ha! I bet any EDS he had was cured toot-sweet! Thanks for the story, Bruce.

James said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
This one's funny as hell! What karmic comeuppance! Anyway, this fellow really should have either held it or otherwise known where he was and the inherent risks involved. Whatever the case, I'm keeping this one! Too bad we don't know the extent of the damage to his reproductive ability...Thanks, Bruce!

Jack said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Ouch! All I can say is "when you gotta go, you gotta go..." Wonder if he'll graduate to stealing live electric wires?

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