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"[MONTESANO, Wash] - Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by
accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Car hits stationary object (light pole). Drives into ditch. Man pees on
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On Mar 1, 7:13*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
"[MONTESANO, Wash] - Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by
accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Car hits stationary object (light pole). Drives into ditch. Man pees on
exposed wire. What are the chances alcohol was involved?


OUCH! Now that had to hurt.
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On Mar 1, 7:46*pm, Mikepier wrote:
On Mar 1, 7:13*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:

"[MONTESANO, Wash] - Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by
accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash."


http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1


Car hits stationary object (light pole). Drives into ditch. Man pees on
exposed wire. What are the chances alcohol was involved?


OUCH! Now that had to hurt.


"accidentally urinating"?
Man the guy must of been ****ed drunk.

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HeyBub wrote:
"[MONTESANO, Wash] - Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by
accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Car hits stationary object (light pole). Drives into ditch. Man pees on
exposed wire. What are the chances alcohol was involved?



And they call him The Flash. Did it make his winkey wink on and off?
D'oh! What a relief it is. I'll bet he was really ****ed.

TDD
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On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 16:46:14 -0800 (PST), Mikepier
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On Mar 1, 7:13*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
"[MONTESANO, Wash] - Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by
accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Car hits stationary object (light pole). Drives into ditch. Man pees on
exposed wire. What are the chances alcohol was involved?


OUCH! Now that had to hurt.


....don't **** on my foot an tell me it's raining...


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HeyBub wrote:

"[MONTESANO, Wash] - Authorities believe a Washington man

was killed by
accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car

crash."


http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Car hits stationary object (light pole). Drives into ditch.

Man pees on
exposed wire. What are the chances alcohol was involved?

If alcohol is involved then alcohol is the cause. If no
alcohol is involved, nobody is at fault. That is how the
police work now.
--
LSMFT
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On 2010-03-02, The Daring Dufas wrote:

D'oh! What a relief it is. I'll bet he was really ****ed.


More like ****ed off.

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On Mar 1, 4:13*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
"[MONTESANO, Wash] - Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by
accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Car hits stationary object (light pole). Drives into ditch. Man pees on
exposed wire. What are the chances alcohol was involved?


My BIL sent me this link.....

Two guys tryed to steal underground 13k volt copper power lines.

The photos are pretty graphic.......

http://thatswacked.wordpress.com/201...s-fried-alive/

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On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:13:51 -0600, "HeyBub"
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"[MONTESANO, Wash] - Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by
accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Car hits stationary object (light pole). Drives into ditch. Man pees on
exposed wire. What are the chances alcohol was involved?


The Myth Busters checked out that one. BUSTED!
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On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:13:51 -0600, "HeyBub"
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"[MONTESANO, Wash] - Authorities believe a Washington man was killed
by accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Car hits stationary object (light pole). Drives into ditch. Man pees
on exposed wire. What are the chances alcohol was involved?


The Myth Busters checked out that one. BUSTED!


Nope. From the Myth Busters Wikipedia entry

"Upon retesting the myth on an electric fence it was found to be Plausible,
but the [third] rail was still Busted. Distance was the factor, as the urine
stream breaks up less at the close range needed for urinating on the fence
than urinating on the third rail, thus ensuring a direct line of current
between one's body and the electrical source."

Further, electric fences are typically not 10,000 constant volts.




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"Jon Danniken" wrote

People who cite mythbusters as "proof" of *anything* are on the same level
as the 911 "truthers."

Jon


I knew if you posted long enough, you'd post something I agree with. Don't
know about you, but I believe tales of young men who were zapped, and there
are just too many of them, and the stories are were going around when the
Mythbusters were still stardust and a wet spot on the bed.

Steve


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The Daring Dufas wrote:

I enjoy Mythbusters as what it is: Entertainment with a
quasi-scientific theme. I've often thought after watching the show
why they didn't try such and such. One of the greatest things about
Mythbusters, lots of real big explosions. *snicker*


Yes, it can be entertaining at times, but it is indeed, as you stated,
"quasi-scientific".

They did actually get a lead balloon to fly, which I thought was pretty
cool.

Jon


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