On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 01:32:24 +0000, Andy Dingley wrote:

Allegedly there was once a Chinese plug factory that received a
complaint about tarnished brasswork on plug pins. So ever after,
they covered them with this superfluous plastic widget.

I'd have thought it more likely that it's to stop the sharp corners of
the pins damaging the product during packing, transit or unpacking.

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