Classic joke thread...

[Big Frank]

We had weekly safety meetings when I worked for GM. When we got the whole "team concept" thing going, I ended up being the safety representative for my line. Once a week I grabbed a clipboard and walked around the area looking for safety hazards (that weren't named Frank ), and asked my teammates if they had anything to report. One day when it was raining, we didn't just have another leak in the roof and water pooling on the floor. Water was coming out of an electrical conduit that ended with a duplex outlet on the column, about 3' off the ground. It was like an episode of The Three Stooges happening in real life. I made a note of it on my clipboard and told my stupidvisor before I went back to work on the line. True story. I s**t you not.

[PegLeg45]

 

[Jim Kennedy-ar154me]

One day when it was raining, we didn't just have another leak in the roof and water pooling on the floor. Water was coming out of an electrical conduit that ended with a duplex outlet on the column, about 3' off the ground. It was like an episode of The Three Stooges happening in real life. I made a note of it on my clipboard and told my stupidvisor before I went back to work on the line. True story. I s**t you not.

Interesting fact, PURE distilled water will not conduct electricity. It is the contaminants in the water that actually are responsible for the current of electricity.

https://www.sciencealert.com/after-centuries-scientists-have-finally-figured-out-how-water-conducts-electricity

[alfsauve]

This I've known however from the article: 

"totally pure water, which is rarely found outside the lab"

Even rainwater is contaminated with pollution and will conduct electricity, the extent of which depends on the amount and kind of pollution.   So be careful

I read a bunch of news articles dealing with lightning strikes recently.

I’m trying to keep myself knowledgeable about current events.

[Jim Kennedy-ar154me]

This I've known however from the article: 

Even rainwater is contaminated with pollution and will conduct electricity, the extent of which depends on the amount and kind of pollution.   So be careful

I read a bunch of news articles dealing with lightning strikes recently.

I’m trying to keep myself knowledgeable about current events.

That is why I stated PURE water. I haven't tried it yet but I should do an experiment using distilled water and maybe a 9v battery and light!

[Sponsor]

[alfsauve]

I know, Jim.  What I should have emphasized the "rarely found outside the lab" part.

Use 120Vac and a low amp light bulb.  Say a 25W.  9V? Pashah.    Then maybe go 240V with two 120V bulbs in series. 

I did a pool chemical analysis on my tap water.  It has more chlorine than that recommended for backyard pools.   And I'm sure there were other "things" in there.


I was surprised when I saw a someone get struck by lightning.

They were shocked as well. 

[PegLeg45]

[PegLeg45]

An old hillbilly farmer had a wife who nagged him unmercifully. From morning till night (and sometimes later), she was always complaining about something. The only time he got any relief was when he was out plowing with his old mule......He tried to plow a lot.
One day, when he was out plowing, his wife brought him lunch in the field. He drove the old mule into the shade, sat down on a stump, and began to eat his lunch. Immediately, his wife began haranguing him again. Complain, nag, nag; it just went on and on. All of a sudden, the old mule lashed out with both hind feet; caught her smack in the back of the head. Killed her dead on the spot.
At the funeral several days later, the minister noticed something rather odd. When a woman mourner would approach the old farmer, he would listen for a minute, then nod his head in agreement; but when a man mourner approached him, he would listen for a minute, then shake his head in disagreement. This was so consistent, the minister decided to ask the old farmer about it.
So after the funeral, the minister spoke to the old farmer and asked him why he nodded his head and agreed with the women, but always shook his head and disagreed with all the men.
The old farmer said: "Well, the women would come up and say something about how nice my wife looked, or how pretty her dress was, so I'd nod my head in agreement."
"And what about the men?" the minister asked.
"They wanted to know if the mule was for sale."

[alfsauve]

I used to wonder how lightning worked.

Then it struck me.

[alfsauve]

Well done meme