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AndrewR
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A Man was generating 30,000V of static electricity but he didn't feel it:

http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16628269%255E1702,00.html

What the hell... the jacket was still generating electricity!?! Is this some new type of power source!?!

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Cartman
just made by the Presbyterian Church
Member # 256

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No, I think cumulonimbus clouds are older.

ZAP!

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Jason Abbadon
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Time to start using fabric softener.
My fleece bedspread is a cracklin' mass of static if I dry it without a bunch of those lil' sheets.

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
Member # 31

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"A Victorian man conducted 30,000 volts of static electricity in his jacket..."

And then he yelled "By Jove, my greatcoat seems to be conducting a galvanic charge!" Then he hopped into a hackney coach, and sped off to alert James Maxwell before his muttonchop whiskers were set aflame.

(Because : "Victorian".)

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AndrewR
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Heheheh.

Seriously though - how the hell could one person - or his jacket for that matter retain so much static electricity with out it just earthing away at some point? And why weren't balloons from 50 miles around sticking to his head!?! [Smile]

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Cartman
just made by the Presbyterian Church
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The thing about static electricity is that it can't just earth away. Hence the name "static".

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Nim
The Aardvark asked for a dagger
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Spontaneous combustion suddenly seems very probable a phenomenomenomenomenomenomenomenomenom. Tim Russ concurs.

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AndrewR
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Well people discharge static electricity all the time.

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Jason Abbadon
Rolls with the punches.
Member # 882

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quote:
Originally posted by Cartman:
The thing about static electricity is that it can't just earth away. Hence the name "static".

That's just a "theory".
Soon the idea of "inteligent zapping" will get equal coverage in our schools and we can all live free of the "aithiest conspiracy".

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Nim
The Aardvark asked for a dagger
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That's the aithiest comment I've ever heard. So aithy, in fact, that I begin to ponder if it wouldn't be preferable with zapping in schools instead of bringing guns. And there'd be state-wide afros to obot.

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