OT: Can you get fried in the shower???

[Dutch]

So I return home from a semi-new ritual of jogging in the evenings. And I see a minor weather system looming down on my home accompanied by some lightning. So I think, jeez, I better jump in the shower quick before the lightning gets closer.

And while I'm in the shower, I think, what if the lightning is already here? I better hurry up!

So, I get out of the shower and I start to wonder....has anybody ever heard of somebody getting electrocuted while taking a shower because lightning struck????

[Chubby]

well on myth busters they proved that peeing on an electrified railroad track CAN fry you. but it has to be a continuous stream so unless your shower pumps out a continuous stream of water I think you're safe.

[ice4277]

Haha, it is funny you bring that up, because I was just thinking about that the other week. My grandparents never would let me take a shower if I was at their place when it would be raining

I don't think its true, probably an old wive's tale and, even if it is, odds of getting hit would have to be astronomical.

[Franklinnoble]

What if you're peeing in the shower while lightning strikes?

[Chubby]

Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

What if you're peeing in the shower while lightning strikes?

On a railroad track that also gets hit by lightning?

[Suicane75]

What if Serena Williams is peeing on me in the shower, what then?

[LionsFan10]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

What if Serena Williams is peeing on me in the shower, what then?

LOL

[SegRat]

Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

What if you're peeing in the shower while lightning strikes?

Only if it is a steady stream. The staedy stream is the key to being fried. Now if we were talking about "baked" that is entirely something diffrent.

[SegRat]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

What if Serena Williams is peeing on me in the shower, what then?

You would wilt and die

But

If it was Jessica Simpson, that would be just heaven

[Mac Howard]

Wouldn't you be "boiled"?

[Franklinnoble]

What if Moises Alou is peeing on your hands in the shower?

[Dutch]

Originally Posted by Mac Howard

Wouldn't you be "boiled"?

I live in the south, it's fried or nothing...

What if Moises Alou is peeing on your hands in the shower?

What if Moises Alou is peeing on your hands in the shower and you don't move your hands out of the way?

[Airhog]

Well, Wood is a poor conductor of electricity, the same thing with the rest of your building materials, except for your pipes. If your house was hit directly by lightning and you were in the shower, I would have to believe that you probably not be shocked. The reason, is that water pipes are an excellent electrical ground, and provide a very good path for the electricity to take. I guess its not totally impossible, if you just happened to have a tub full of water, and a steady stream of water from the spout to the drain. It would be alot less likely in a shower since there isnt a good path from the shower head to the drain.

[Cuckoo]

I do know a person who was mildly electrocuted while taking a bath during a storm. It does happen.

[Franklinnoble]

Originally Posted by Cuckoo

I do know a person who was mildly electrocuted while taking a bath during a storm. It does happen.

If he hadn't taken the toaster into the bathroom with him, he'd probably have been OK.

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by Cuckoo

I do know a person who was mildly electrocuted while taking a bath during a storm. It does happen.

"Shocked," rather. There is no "mildly electrocuted," there is only "electrocuted" and it's fatal.

FYI

[Fritz]

I know peeing near an electric fence when there is dew on the ground will put current in your nads. no myth busters needed for that.

[Dutch]

Next time try peeing after you escape.

[panerd]

What if you take a shit in a tornado?

[Chubby]

When I originally read the title of this thread I thought Dutch wanted to know if other people smoked up while they took a shower.

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

If he hadn't taken the toaster into the bathroom with him, he'd probably have been OK.

Lois, I wanted some toast.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by Dutch

I live in the south, it's fried or nothing...

Except for boiled peanuts, of course.

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Except for boiled peanuts, of course.

Do they boil em in or out of the shell?

[Ksyrup]

In-shell. Personally, I think they're frickin' disgusting, but in Georgia and around here (North Florida = Georgia/Alabama) they're hugely popular. The freshest kind are sold on the roadside, usually by the same people who sell watermelon and tomatoes.

[Suicane75]

sounds interesting.

[Axxon]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

sounds interesting.

Well, no more or less interesting than any other legumes but they are quite tasty.

[MrBug708]

What's a legume? I remember that from SimFarm I think...but never knew what it was...?

[Pumpy Tudors]

Once, in an oral communications class, I was asked to use the word "legume" in a sentence. This is how the exchange went.

Professor: "Use the word 'legume' in a sentence."
Me: "Put that legume away before somebody gets hurt."
[Fifty students point blank stares at me]
Professor: "Do you know what 'legume' means?"
Me: "Yes."

[Axxon]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

What's a legume? I remember that from SimFarm I think...but never knew what it was...?

Basically a kind of bean.

Here's a definition:

Legumes - A family of plants, including many valuable food, forage and cover species, such as peas, beans, soybeans, peanuts, clovers, alfalfas, sweet clovers, lespedezas, vetches, and kudzu. Sometimes referred to as nitrogen-fixing plants, they can convert nitrogen from the air to build up nitrogen in the soil. Legumes are an important rotation crop because of their nitrogen-fixing property.

From here if you want the cite but I wouldn't.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...define:Legumes

I'd say they are the tastiest legumes out there, going from the list above.

[JeeberD]

Beans, nuts, peas, and that sort are considered legumes...

[Axxon]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Once, in an oral communications class, I was asked to use the word "legume" in a sentence. This is how the exchange went.

Professor: "Use the word 'legume' in a sentence."
Me: "Put that legume away before somebody gets hurt."
[Fifty students point blank stares at me]
Professor: "Do you know what 'legume' means?"
Me: "Yes."

"The student struggled to use the word legume in a sentence for the teacher."

I tried this with a word once and it went over well with the students but the teacher was far less amused. It didn't matter, I was pretty much known as a wiseass anyway. I even did know the definition of the word. I wasn't going to let that fact stop me and besides, it cut down considerably on the amount of questions I had to field in the future.

[Axxon]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Beans, nuts, peas, and that sort are considered legumes...

I've always heard that the edible seeds are hallmarks of the legume family but the definition above stresses the nitrogen thing as the big deal.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by Axxon

"The student struggled to use the word legume in a sentence for the teacher."

I tried this with a word once and it went over well with the students but the teacher was far less amused. It didn't matter, I was pretty much known as a wiseass anyway. I even did know the definition of the word. I wasn't going to let that fact stop me and besides, it cut down considerably on the amount of questions I had to field in the future.

Gold.

I had already taken one class with that professor before, and with the previous class and the oral comm being mandatory for us silly communications majors, a few of the students knew of my antics too. Thankfully, I was one of the professor's best and most favorite students. I think he thought that I'd come up with something insightful, but I knew I could get away with just about anything. I can't believe he didn't expect the weirdness from me.

To sidetrack even further, I was once caught in the very same class on a different day with a plastic leprechaun in my hand while announcing to the entire class, "I am NOT blowing this." Strangely, the professor was dressed as a leprechaun on that day. Another time, I wrote Jerry Coleman (http://www.funny2.com/coleman.htm) quotes on the chalkboard before class. The professor walked in, didn't notice the quotes (he rarely used the chalkboard), and started giving a lecture. About 20 minutes into his lecture, while he was in the middle of a sentence, I pointed at the chalkboard from my seat. He turned around, his eyes and mouth opened wide, and then he thanked me.

I suppose I've threadjacked enough. Carry on.

[Axxon]

THAT was pure gold too. Sometimes the low road used in the right place is amazingly powerful.

I'll check out the Coleman link. I'm not familiar with him.

I used to do extemporaneous speaking when I was in high school and once I gave a rousing and passionate speech bemoaning the fate of the young people in the far east.

I mean, the topic I pulled out of the jar was "euthenasia."

I got a good score actually but I talked to one of the judges who said they were amused, enjoyed the cleverness, liked the speech but pretty much weren't going to let me win.

Fun times and I really loved extemp work.

Ok, I'll stop threadjacking too.

[MIJB#19]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

"Shocked," rather. There is no "mildly electrocuted," there is only "electrocuted" and it's fatal.

FYI

You couldn't resist, could you?

[Fritz]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

"There is no "mildly electrocuted," there is only "electrocuted" and it's fatal.

run some current through your sack and see if that loosens up the ol' vocabulary.

[Ksyrup]

QS doesn't strike me as a "pee in the shower" kinda guy.

[Bee]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

QS doesn't strike me as a "pee in the shower" kinda guy.

I remember once in the shower peeing on our punter after one football game in college. A couple of us were comparing distance and I won.

[Fritz]

TMI

[B & B]

OPP

[sachmo71]

Some info from the University of Nebraska Lincoln

Precautions to Take
Avoid dangerous lightning situations!


Watch for signs of rapid thunderstorm growth.

If thunderstorms are predicted to grow or move into your area, don't be caught where you can't take shelter on short notice.

If it will take a while to reach shelter – more than a few minutes – give yourself time to reach the safe place before lightning is an immediate threat. Storms can grow from the small towering cumulus stage to a lightning producer in less than half an hour.

Clouds don't have to be directly overhead for lightning to strike, it can arc out from the thunderstorm. Therefore, extreme caution should be practiced even after a thunderstorm has passed.
Don't be the tallest object!


Stay away from trees, poles, and other isolated tall objects. Don't stand in an open area such as a crop field, ball field, golf course, or stadium.

Don't touch anything that could conduct electricity. Stay off the telephone and out of the bathtub/shower (electricity can travel through wires and plumbing). Stay away from wire fences and water (these can transmit current from a distant lightning strike; swimmers, boaters, and fishermen are particularly at risk).

Stay in your car or tractor cab. Cars and enclosed tractor cabs are excellent lightning shelters as long as you don't touch the metal frame. Lightning will flash around the vehicle; it is a myth that rubber tires have anything to do with the safety of a vehicle.

Avoid operating agricultural equipment, especially tillage implements.

Don't ride in open vehicles (such as ATVs, open tractors, etc.) or on horseback.

If caught outdoors, don't lie flat on the ground. If you feel your hair stand on end, lightning may be about to strike; crouch on the balls of your feet with your head down (create as little surface area as possible).

So keep your nuts out of the shower when it's storming.

[Wolfpack]

Originally Posted by Fritz

I know peeing near an electric fence when there is dew on the ground will put current in your nads. no myth busters needed for that.

(To a 50s jingle) "Don't wizz on the electric fence!"

On another note I see we have some fetishists among us who apparently want to have celebs indulge in their fantasies....

[Ksyrup]

My wife is always paranoid about showering and being on the phone during storms. She also plays lotto every week, too.

[rkmsuf]

I heard of people being zapped while on the can

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

QS doesn't strike me as a "pee in the shower" kinda guy.

What kind of idiot flatass steps out of the shower to pee?

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

My wife is always paranoid about showering and being on the phone during storms. She also plays lotto every week, too.

Chances are about as good - she should stick with it.

[Cuckoo]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

"Shocked," rather. There is no "mildly electrocuted," there is only "electrocuted" and it's fatal.

FYI

Did I say it wasn't fatal...?






















Don't worry, it wasn't fatal. Not even mildly.

[JasonC23]

I don't know what the hell is wrong with you people...





















...but I like it.

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by JasonC23

...but I like it.

And I know you like it too
The way that I want you
I gotta have you
Oh yes, I do

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

What kind of idiot flatass steps out of the shower to pee?

I've known of a few people who object to peeing in the shower. I don't know if they have flat asses, though.