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.

[mouse]

This is shocking news. To bad he was cir sized 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/m..._bricks_t.html

Easy on that ol' keyboard, gents.

[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/m..._bricks_t.html

Easy on that ol' keyboard, gents.

[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

[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.

[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.

[CosmicCowboy]

Ok, tough guys.

http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2003/10/m..._bricks_t.html

Easy on that ol' keyboard, gents.

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.

[J.T.]

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

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/m..._bricks_t.html

[Viva Las Espuelas]

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

[thispego]

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

Jealous much?

[JudynTX]

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

Glory holes?

Jealous much?

Nah