man killed by accidentally urinating on downed power line

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Revealing his penis clearly ignited a spark or two that night........

[Midas22]

I seem to remember wathing Myth Busters doing a show about this. They got a mannequin, dressed it up, attatched a tube to its crotch and then ran water through it onto live train tracks.

[varj]

I guess you could say that the myth..

is not busted.

[Madman_Andre]

Hahahahaha...

Ahahahaha...

:cawg:

Idiot.

[Sams Brume]

Thread is now about whether or not Mythbusters is trustworthy.

[Veribigbos]

When I first saw the title, I thought "oh, accidentally like that male nurse accidentally raped the alzheimer patient?"

[Omali]

[QUOTE=Veribigbos;20534324]When I first saw the title, I thought "oh, accidentally like that male nurse accidentally raped the alzheimer patient?"[/QUOTE]

Not as exciting as a male nurse accidentally raping a downed power line.

[R2Bl3nd]

The Mythbusters episode tested to see if a 600 volt DC current could cause this to happen. The results were that the stream of urine was too broken up to transmit electricity properly. However, this power line was probably close to 9 kilovolts AC, and would've much more easily traveled up the stream of urine, even if it wasn't a continuous stream.

And I do agree that Mythbusters has recently tested more and more myths in ways that do not fully incorporate all factors, leading to conclusions that may not always be accurate.

[PEn1s lol]

[QUOTE=BlargCow;20528274]sounds like something off of 1000 ways to die[/QUOTE]

It will be on 1000 ways to die when they get wind of it.