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Statically Charged Man Ignites Office

Call Me Black Cloud writes "And you think your coworker with BO is annoying? In this story carried by Reuters, a man wearing a nylon jacket over a wool shirt built up such a static charge that he left a trail of scorched carpet and melted plastic in his wake. After he melted plastic in his car he sought help from firefighters called to the scene, who measured his static field at 40,000 volts." Obviously, despite the fact that this is carried by Reuters, you should take some of the 'facts' presented here with some NaCl.

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  1. Re:Why by kristopher · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How about you give him some hydrogen, mix it with some chlorine and blast it with a stream of photons?

  2. Re:National geographic by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A friend's 87 year-old Grandmother spilled a hurricane lamp on herself and burnt to death. I asked him if they had her cremated, and that sick fucker laughed.