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Electricfying correct

2006 Reader Submission
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In my college History class, we were talking about stupid things we have all done, and one of my fellow classmates, who we shall call Zack, told us how he broke his femur. He and his buddy (we will call Jack), were drinking in his front yard, and shooting squirrels with a BB gun. When a car driven by another buddy of Zack (We will call Pack), who must have started to drink before coming over, runs into a utility pole. A wire from this pole falls into a near by tree, forgetting about Pack, Zack and Jack debate on whether or not the wire was an electrical wire or telephone wire. Zack believed that it was an electric wire and in order to prove that it was, he climbed the tree to have a “closer look”. When he reached the wire, he realized he was on the wrong side to see the writing on the wire, so he tries to climb around the wire, but unfortunately he steps on a weak branch, according to Jack “that branch was no bigger then a pencil”, which snapped as Zack put his weight on it. Zack instinctively reached out and grabbed the nearest thing to him, and lord and behold he grabbed the wire, only to find out that he was correct that the wire was an electric wire! Zack receiving thousands of jolts of electricity, but lucky form him his convulsions knocked form the wire, unfortunately for him he was still up in the tree, and now with nothing to support him he fell from the tree. Hitting 17 branched on his way down…. He awoke two days later with only a broken femur to remember it. Pack was also ok.

Submitted on 12/12/2006

Submitted by: John Doe
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Graham said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I wonder if Zack appreciates just how lucky he is. Such shocks from HT cables are often instantly fatal (depending on current). Thanks for the story, JD

James said:
Neutral: Personal Account
We juat had a submission about an almost identical incident (drinking, shooting squirrels, a wire falls, mook investigates), only the victim died! Your friend is lucky to have joined the "live to tell" club!

Jack said:
Neutral: Personal Account
While not quite a "Buster Keaton" moment, it might qualify for a "Three Stooges" moment. Thanks for the submission, John.

Chip said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Seems to be a rash of people grabbing electric wires these days! Aside from the fact that I would expect better grammar from a college person, I liked the write up. Thanks for sending it John Doe.

Darwin said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
This is very amusing, honey, I enjoyed reading it. I like the "branch was no bigger then a pencil" comment, in particular. But it's just not quite up to the inanity level I'm looking for. I commend you on your amusing writeup. YOu have the makings of a creative writer, "John Doe."

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