Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 15, 2012

Yeah, when you can spend it on a grave stone…

What’s he holding? A turtle on a stick?

I’m shocked, shocked.

You’re sure the power’s off………..?

“What could possibly go wrong?”

The idiot’s guide to heaven?

Naw, he’s just grounded for life.

Why buy fuses when we have pennies.

an electrician would have charged even more

Watt ever.

“I wonder what happens when I do this…”

Electricians get shocked all the time. Not even kidding. I worked as an apprentice for a while, and some of the stories of shocking events I heard were unreal. One guy got hit by 220 while working on an AC unit and he’s not sure why he lived. Shocks from the 110 sockets are common. And that ‘is the power off’ comment is bogus. They work with it on. With new house construction, wiring sockets goes faster if the power is just left on and you’re not having to run to the power cabinet every time you’re ready to test the socket you just installed. I was shocked many times while learning.

In situations like this, I prefer to be neutral.

Real last words of a civil war general…They can’t hit the broad side of a ba…. He forgot that he wasn’t in front of a barn

And there have been some good ones today! Sidetracked me completely from the comic.

Hmmm, I was wondering how deregulation was going to create more jobs . . . I never thought about killing off current workers with unsafe conditions so their jobs would be open. Sneaky . . .

Unions may be frowned upon, and maybe some unions really are trouble, but I’m grateful for the protections and rights that unions have fought for.

Pilot’s last words are: “Holy $h*!” I know. I was in the USAF.

Ohm,

Your presents is requested by a higher power.

No problem, it’s only 110 volt….

“Yes, Honey, of course those clothes make you look fat…uh-oh…run, children, RUN!”

The reason he’s in this cemetery with flowers: On Super Bowl Sunday, his wife said, “I’ll show you where I hid the remote after we visit my parents that hate you!”

The master list of last words:

http://www.cartalk.com/content/famous-last-words-0

So, wiseguy takes all his family with him…..there is another name for that…..

You get shocked by thousands of volts by static electricity frequently without being killed. All volts – no amps.

I’ve only been struck by lightning once, but that’s enough….

Shocking! What else do the graves say? “Watch this.” “I know what I’m doing.” “No, I don’t need any help.” “What’s the worst that could happen?” “Don’t worry, I can fix it.”

Yeah, there’s voltage and current and, something you rarely think about, frequency. RF burns aren’t much like AC shock. I was holding the center conductor once when somebody keyed a quarter K transmitter and it burned a little tunnel through my flesh… Weird.

Fire and electricity, both dangerous, both burn, and kill. A friend lost both hands while moving an aluminum ladder and hitting a household power supply, not fun.

“Hold my beer. Watch this!”

Here, let me show you how to tell if the power is off….. take the cover off the socket, wet your finger and stick it into the socket. :).Dad is a retired lineman. No more going out on those wet, stormy nights with a crew and climbing power poles. They called it ‘hotsticking’ Everything was live, and usually it was pouring rain with gale force winds. They would put in a 12 hour shift before getting to go home. The day shift would get the easy stuff.

Being an electrician, I found this very funny. One of your best.

us spakies are OK. We get a weekly silicon injection. Bettr’n rubber boots!!!!

Apparently he never heard of “Lock Out/Tag Out!”

Sounds like the guy who added wiring to the 100+ year old house I live in.