Reality Check by Dave Whamond for February 16, 2025

I hate it when someone does that.

A real static electrical engineer wouldn’t have used a part of his body to shock the other person. They would hold something metal like a key so they wouldn’t be shocked themselves.

What a shocking revelation!

Ah… the ol’ sock shock!

I get zapped EVERY DAY at the plastics factory!!

My cat gives me (and gets) a shock with her nose!

this gag has a lotta shock value…

Bert and Ernie, the later years?

He nose.

Years back, on a business trip, we stayed at the Radison Hotel within sight of the old Minnisota Vikings stadium. They had deep pile carpet and some kind of metalic feeling wallpaper. The perfect storm for static electricity. We would shuffle our feet for a moment then sneak up behind a fellow manager and touch his earlobe. You could see an actual spark as he jumped from the arc.

What a shocking experience!

Oof!

Dave’s got a capacitance for mischief.

When I make my bed in the early morning I see electrons/static electricity coming off the blanket making little lights.

I would hate to see a dynamic electrical engineer. Come to think of it, I have never met a Civil engineer. Most of them are pretty uncouth.

Zippity zap, don’t react!

Ha …! According a Gaggle AI overview, static equipment engineering is a real thing! There is also such a thing as “electrostatic discharge (ESD) control technicians” …! Who knew? Thanks, Professor Whamond …!!

That’s no way to conduct yourself.

We have hardwood flooring with area rugs. But I still shuffle across and give an unsuspecting cat or dog a zap on the nose.

I wear a Faraday shield wherever I, and my smartphones, go.

Just charge it! ;-)

LOL

If it hurts try using some volt-aren. :)

I would like to kill someone for doing that to me! UGH!