"Jack the Lad" wrote in message
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No electrician worth his salt would insert/tighten/remove cables on a
live circuit unless he has a death wish.

Here's another one for you. Many moons back, my old chap used to do small
scale theatrical lighting. The dimmers were - galvanised buckets full of
salt water connected to 240V live.
Shovels connected to the bulbs. Dunk the shovels = brighter lights.
Safe as houses, the shovels had wooden handles