are those directly related to the 9v test though?
or is it a result of jumping when they find out it really isnt flat ;->


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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of James Nick Sears
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 5:27 AM
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Subject: Re: [OT:] curious Live wire experiment


> Somewhere I saw a statistic for the number of people who die per year in
the USA by checking 9V batteries on
> their tongue - it's not zero, which I would have predicted!

Wow.  I'd like to see that.  Even as respectful as I am of unobvious
phenomena with current passing through the body I still use my tongue fairly
regularly as a 9V voltmeter.  I imagine it's somewhere on the order of
hitting a $250,000,000 lottery jackpot in terms of likelihood, but hey,
somebody's eventually going to win the money.  Buy enough tickets and it
WILL be you.

It also would be interesting to see if the victims had any preexisting
condition to weaken their tolerance to electricity.

I just googled and the number I found is 3 ppl per year.  I'll probably
still lick the occasional 9V but it definitlely solidifies my belief that
any contact with mains voltage is something to be avoided.

Nick

>
> Please be careful, people!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Howard Winter
> St.Albans, England
>
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