LMAO it just wasn't his day...

[CosmicCowboy]

Wash. man electrocuted by urinating on power line
Mar 1 03:53 PM US/Eastern

MONTESANO, Wash. (AP) - Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash.

Grays Harbor County sheriff's Deputy Dave Pimentel (PIM'-en-tel) said Monday 50-year-old Roy Messenger was not seriously hurt after he collided with a power pole Friday and called a relative to pull his car from a ditch.

However, family members found Messenger electrocuted when they arrived.

Pimentel says Messenger apparently urinated into a roadside ditch but didn't see the live wire. The urine stream likely served as a conductor, allowing the electricity to reach his body.

Pimentel says there will be an autopsy but burn marks indicated the way the electricity traveled through Messenger's body.

[Kermit]

Pimentel says there will be an autopsy but burn marks indicated the way the electricity traveled through Messenger's body.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/2644163076_42a241bda3.jpg

[mouse]

This is shocking news. To bad he was circumsized that extra foreskin could have acted as insulation.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Hmmm. I couldve sworn that mythbusters disproved this myth. You really don't piss a steady stream. It comes out in beads or whatever. Then again they were testing it on a third rail of a subway and this was an actual power line. They could behave differently. I don't know.

[thispego]

Uhhh I'm pretty sure I piss in a stream and not in beads

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Uhhh I'm pretty sure I piss in a stream and not in beads

"steady"

[CosmicCowboy]

Hmmm. I couldve sworn that mythbusters disproved this myth. You really don't piss a steady stream. It comes out in beads or whatever. Then again they were testing it on a third rail of a subway and this was an actual power line. They could behave differently. I don't know.

If you are a dribbler you should definitely see a urologist.

[thispego]

"steady"

Haha yes, steady stream, all the way through

[Viva Las Espuelas]

If you are a dribbler you should definitely see a urologist.


Haha yes, steady stream, all the way through

Ok, tough guys.

http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2003/10/mythbusters_barrel_of_bricks_t.html

Easy on that ol' keyboard, gents. :rolleyes

[mrsmaalox]

I think it has to do with how close you are to the source of the electricity. A steady stream of liquid breaks up the further it travels.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I think it has to do with how close you are to the source of the electricity. A steady stream of liquid breaks up the further it travels.

Psssst. You're cramping their style.

[MiamiHeat]

Mythbusters did an episode on this and they said it wasn't possible

[thispego]

Ok, tough guys.

http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2003/10/mythbusters_barrel_of_bricks_t.html

Easy on that ol' keyboard, gents. :rolleyes

:rollin

[mouse]

Hmmm. I couldve sworn that mythbusters disproved this myth.

Are these the same guys that think NASA landed on the moon?

[mrsmaalox]

Psssst. You're cramping their style.

Not really because if the guy was close to the power line, it would be possible. All of you guys are right. :)

[thispego]

Mythbusters did an episode on this and they said it wasn't possible

Looks like your gods were wrong, eh brah?

[JudynTX]

You guys pay attention to the way your piss comes out? OMG

:lmao

[mrsmaalox]

Mythbusters changed their mind!!

http://mythbustersresults.com/episode14


SPINOFF: Urinating on an electric fence can cause electrocution. (From Episode 3)

confirmed

Upon retesting the myth on an electric fence it was found to be confirmed, but the rail was still Busted. Distance was the factor, as the urine stream breaks up less at the close range needed for urinating on the fence than urinating on the third rail, thus ensuring a direct line of current between ones body and the electrical source.

[CosmicCowboy]

Ok, tough guys.

http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2003/10/mythbusters_barrel_of_bricks_t.html

Easy on that ol' keyboard, gents. :rolleyes

Yeah, but one car accident? Knocked down a power pole? Called his buddy to pull him out of the ditch?

This was clearly a fire hose style BEER piss. They travel further.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Not really because if the guy was close to the power line, it would be possible.


Haha yes, steady stream, all the way through

hence


Psssst. You're cramping their style.

:D

[J.T.]

You guys pay attention to the way your piss comes out? OMG

:lmao

At least we don't need other dudes to go to the restroom with us.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Mythbusters changed their mind!!

http://mythbustersresults.com/episode14


SPINOFF: Urinating on an electric fence can cause electrocution. (From Episode 3)

confirmed

Upon retesting the myth on an electric fence it was found to be confirmed, but the rail was still Busted. Distance was the factor, as the urine stream breaks up less at the close range needed for urinating on the fence than urinating on the third rail, thus ensuring a direct line of current between ones body and the electrical source.

http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2003/10/mythbusters_barrel_of_bricks_t.html

[Viva Las Espuelas]

:lol
I would've liked to have seen the crime scene.

[thispego]

You guys pay attention to the way your piss comes out? OMG

:lmao
Jealous much?

[JudynTX]

At least we don't need other dudes to go to the restroom with us.

Glory holes? :lol


Jealous much?

Nah

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Ah. The joys of indoor plumbing. :wakeup

[Blake]

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[Wild Cobra]

Hmmm. I couldve sworn that mythbusters disproved this myth. You really don't piss a steady stream. It comes out in beads or whatever. Then again they were testing it on a third rail of a subway and this was an actual power line. They could behave differently. I don't know.
Third rail systems are a nominal 750 volts and never above 1500 volts. Overhead power lines in residential areas I believe carry a nominal 13,600 volts. I think most are 26k to 69k volts in industrial areas. The dielectric strength of dry air is 3,000 volts per mm. Temperature and humidity will play a factor.

It is very likely that this really happened.

[mrsmaalox]

Ah. The joys of indoor plumbing. :wakeup

Yea right. Like you guys don't piss anywhere you damn please, indoors or out! Remember we did a poll a few months back and you guys were overwhemingly in favor of the outdoor relief.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Yea right. Like you guys don't piss anywhere you damn please, indoors or out! Remember we did a poll a few months back and you guys were overwhemingly in favor of the outdoor relief.

"indoor plumbing" not indoor plumbing.

[mrsmaalox]

D'oh! :lol

[mookie2001]

Thispego has weak stream

[Viva Las Espuelas]

D'oh! :lol

:lol

I'll keep the jelly on the bottom shelf next time.

[The Gemini Method]

This kind of death was focused on 1,000 Ways to Die, so you know its all the way true. ;)

[I. Hustle]

Viva pisses anal beads? Are you friends with MH?

[florige]

If you have to REALLY go that piss come out in a stream. lol

[4>0rings]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/2644163076_42a241bda3.jpg
:lol

[Viva Las Espuelas]

This kind of death was focused on 1,000 Ways to Die, so you know its all the way true. ;)

That's a crazy show. Will they make it to 1000? What happens when they do?

[I. Hustle]

If you have to REALLY go that piss come out in a stream. lol

Whatever pig! I bet you always looking for people pissing in public!












j/k

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Viva pisses anal beads? Are you friends with MH?


:lmao thunder

[The Gemini Method]

That's a crazy show. Will they make it to 1000? What happens when they do?

I'm not sure, Viva...funny thing is I ponder that question every time I turn my DVR to watch the newest episode. They've already made a spin-off called 1,000 Ways to Lie and are probably going to come out with something else later.

[florige]

Whatever pig! I bet you always looking for people pissing in public!












j/k




:lol I wouldn't try that in any of these counties as petty as they are. In the city I have never...

[101A]

Mythbusters changed their mind!!

http://mythbustersresults.com/episode14


SPINOFF: Urinating on an electric fence can cause electrocution. (From Episode 3)

confirmed



Hell yeah it can.

(My grandfather had just that kind of a sense of humor)

[Debbie Downer]

This topic is pissing me off.

[I. Hustle]

This topic is pissing me off.

:rolleyes shocking

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I'm not sure, Viva...funny thing is I ponder that question every time I turn my DVR to watch the newest episode. They've already made a spin-off called 1,000 Ways to Lie and are probably going to come out with something else later.

I guess job security is a myth with them.

[The Gemini Method]

I guess job security is a myth with them.

Well, if you think about it...they do, what? less than 10 deaths a show...around 6 or 7...that'll give them at least a few years' burn...

[CuckingFunt]

You guys pay attention to the way your piss comes out? OMG

:lmao

I'm sure us girls would, too, if we were in a position to watch.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I'm sure us girls would, too, if we were in a position to watch.


Ah. The joys of indoor plumbing. :wakeup