Q: What did the redneck say just before he hurt / killt himself?

A: Hey ya'll, watch this!


----- Original Message -----
From: Brendan Moran <bmoran@MILLENNIUM.CA>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [EE]: The joys of electronics


> > Yup.
>
> Well, then, here's my experience on the subject:  First there was the
> sroting it with the metal nose of a mechanical pencil, which produced a
> moderate snap, as I'm sure you can imagine.
>
> Then, for some reason, I got the bright idea of trying shorting it with
the
> pencil lead, expecting nothing to happen due to the higher resistance in
the
> carbon of the pencil lead.  Well, instead, it superheated, I guess,
because
> it went off like a fuse, and gave a bit of a flash, and quite a pop.
>
> Good luck,
>
> --Brendan
>
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