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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 05:36 PM
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i just got electrocuted by the toaster
god damn.. yowch. my hand is throbbing now.

i was toasting a bagel and it was staying in too long so i pulled the thing that is supposed to pull the bagel back up and it shocked me. x(
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 05:38 PM
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1. Owie! I stuck a key in an electrical outlet once
(when I was about five) and I still remember how much it hurt!
I think you may need to replace your toaster.

:scared:
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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 05:44 PM
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2. i think so too
it's never done that.. yowch
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 05:45 PM
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3. Jesus...
did you hit the toaster afterward?

That'd help me feel a little better anyway... :pals:
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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 05:54 PM
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7. i unplugged it
Edited on Mon Dec-15-08 05:55 PM by Ava
perhaps i should take a bat to it, office space style ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gujp3PxkkNg
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 05:58 PM
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8. Yes!
:bounce:

Of course, it could probably be fixed, so that's probably not the best idea, but it does sound like fun. :D
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 05:47 PM
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4. You need a new toaster.
This model looks OK for you.


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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 05:48 PM
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5. Be careful Ava. Youth often thing they are immortal. Don't do shit like that. You scare me.
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-22-08 06:50 PM
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20. Given the week Ava has had, I think she may be immortal
Edited on Mon Dec-22-08 06:53 PM by BlueDogDemocratNH
The down side is that her hair now looks like this
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 02:57 PM
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22. Oh me god where did you get a picture like that?
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 05:54 PM
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6. Take the toaster.
Put it in the trash.

Either go get a new one, or call mom & dad and have them get a new one.
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meow2u3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 06:19 PM
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9. You're still alive to tell about it?
What are you, a cat with 9..8 lives? A human is supposed to die from electrocution.
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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 06:50 PM
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16. as apple grove said.. i am immortal
duh! :P :rofl:
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QueenOfCalifornia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 06:23 PM
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10. I am so sorry
that you died.

You are an amazing dead typist though! :P

e·lec·tro·cute (-lktr-kyt)
tr.v. e·lec·tro·cut·ed, e·lec·tro·cut·ing, e·lec·tro·cutes
1. To kill with electricity: a worker who was electrocuted by a high-tension wire.
2. To execute (a condemned prisoner) by means of electricity.
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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 06:47 PM
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14. well excuse me..
i didn't know i had to watch my grammar on du :P

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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 06:25 PM
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11. You got schocked. If you'd been electrocuted, you'd be dead.
"Electrocution" combines the words "electric" and "execution". It refers to using electricity for execution--like in an electric chair. You got an electric shock. If you were electrocuted and can still write about it, some folks over in R/T are lookin' foolish right about now!

Anyway, I'm glad you're okay. I was once shocked so bad I got kicked across the room when plugging a mic into an outlet for a sound system. Don't know what went wrong--but I thought I'd been electrocuted! :) You might consider tossing that toaster. It may have a wiring problem. Sorry this happened! :hug:
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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 06:48 PM
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15. obviously i'm going to get hell for improper word usage
Edited on Mon Dec-15-08 06:52 PM by Ava
:rofl:

i would edit, but the time has expired(i hate that feature). i wasn't really paying all that much attention when i was typing.. after all, i had just been shocked(or at least i'll use that as my excuse) :P ;)
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 07:01 PM
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17. It's okay. I misspelled "schocked". I'll be in hell with you! nt
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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 07:01 PM
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18. at least i'm not alone!
:rofl:
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 06:27 PM
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12. You have been punished by the thunderbolts of Zeus, patron lord of appliances!
On the plus side, all your sins have been expunged by this punishment.

On the downside, these only include "sins" as understood by classical Greek culture.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 06:40 PM
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13. Sounds like an electrical short. Please, please, toss the toaster.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 07:03 PM
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19. You got a halloween costume now.
A very artistic friend of our daughter's wore a pair of overalls and a work shirt that he had burned small holes in.
Gelled his hair and pulled it straight out from his head in spikes, and painted black smudges under his eyes.
He carried a toaster with his hand in the slots.
Very effective.
;-)
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-22-08 09:18 PM
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21. You're injury prone, aren't you?
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 02:59 PM
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23. Again!?!? OMG learn2learn!
That happened last week too didn't it? :dunce:

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:yoiks:
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 03:02 PM
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24. It was the bagel gods smiting you

The bagels don't like to be eaten.


...especially not by the likes of you.
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 03:03 PM
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25. According to DC and Marvel comics, this is EXACTLY how half of the superheroes got their powers...


Good day to be you!


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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 04:16 PM
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26. ... you are just intalented.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 04:27 PM
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27. It's only 110V
so-

:rofl:

Everyone gets shocked in their life...

I hung a shitload of lights around the front of the house. It's been drizzly and rainy here- and I had one more string to add. When I was plugging it in I was like- that's a weird sensation- very very mild buzz coming off the whole line due to being wet :) ( yes they are outside lights )
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 04:31 PM
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28. Don't make toast when you're taking a bath.
Bad things happen. :P
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