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He Blows Things Up So You Don't Have To

Posted by simoniker on from the bang-bang-it's-chuck-cramer dept.

Red Wolf writes "Popular Science reports on what is possibly the world's coolest job. During his 19 years as a laboratory technician for Underwriters Laboratories, Chuck Cramer has set coffeemakers on fire, knocked computers off desks, short-circuited fans, and blown up everything from toasters to curling irons - all in the name of consumer safety."

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  1. Misleading subject by Ignorant+Aardvark · · Score: 5, Funny

    "He blows things up so you don't have to"

    What?! But I want to blow things up!

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    1. Re:Misleading subject by Ignorant+Aardvark · · Score: 5, Funny

      Surak: As you can see, we've had our eye on you for some time now, Mr. Aardvark. It seems that you've been living two lives. In one life, you're Ben R. McIlwain, college-bound high school graduate, you have a social security number, you pay your taxes, and you help your mother carry out her garbage. The other life is lived in computers, where you go by the slashdot alias Ignorant Aardvark and are guilty of virtually every modding crime we have a law for. One of these lives has a future, and one of them does not. I'm going to be as forthcoming as I can be, Mr. Aardvark. You're here because we need your help. We know that you've been contacted by a certain individual, a man who calls himself Cowboyneal. Now whatever you think you know about this man is irrelevant. He is considered by many authorities to be the most dangerous poll option alive. My colleagues believe that I am wasting my time with you but I believe that you wish to do the right thing. We're willing to wipe the slate clean, give you a fresh start and all that we're asking in return is your cooperation in bringing a known terrorist to justice.

      Ignorant Aardvark: Whoaa.

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  2. They'll Never Stop Me. by Flying-Cow-Man · · Score: 5, Funny

    As much as these so-called "consumer safety" tests try, they'll never stop me blowing up my own appliances.

    It's just too darn fun.

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    1. Re:They'll Never Stop Me. by anshil · · Score: 5, Funny

      As they say: You cannot make anything idiot-proof, because idiots are so ingenious.

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  3. Hey! by Manos+Batsis · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am a coffeemaker you insensitive clod!

  4. Re:Protect them from themselves? by apdt · · Score: 5, Funny

    there is a large part of our population that has an IQ under 100..

    Would that be about 50% per chance?

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