Author Topic: Shocked that he survived! (Read 3839 times)

makattak · « **on:** May 07, 2012, 10:22:16 AM »

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/05/05/would-be-copper-thief-extremely-grave-after-hes-shocked-and-catches-on-fire/

33000 Volts. Tried to steal copper and instead got 33000 volts.

The story sounds absolutely terrible and a horrible thing to witness if you read the article...

So why am I making puns? I know it's not way for a civilized person to conduct himself, I guess I just can't resist.

AJ Dual · « **Reply #1 on:** May 07, 2012, 10:41:54 AM »

Quote from: makattak on May 07, 2012, 10:22:16 AM

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/05/05/would-be-copper-thief-extremely-grave-after-hes-shocked-and-catches-on-fire/

33000 Volts. Tried to steal copper and instead got 33000 volts.

The story sounds absolutely terrible and a horrible thing to witness if you read the article...

So why am I making puns? I know it's not way for a civilized person to conduct himself, I guess I just can't resist.

A fair amount of wasted potential to be sure. Not to mention the media, which likes to try and promote what is simple human tragedy as some semblance of current events.

(and it's ultimately the amperage that maims/kills, but they always like to use the voltage figure...)

Tallpine · « **Reply #2 on:** May 07, 2012, 10:44:59 AM »

Quote from: AJ Dual on May 07, 2012, 10:41:54 AM

A fair amount of wasted potential to be sure. Not to mention the media, which likes to try and promote what is simple human tragedy as some semblance of current events.

(and it's ultimately the amperage that maims/kills, but they always like to use the voltage figure...)

Well, this is certainly a current event

brimic · « **Reply #3 on:** May 07, 2012, 10:49:44 AM »

One that did not survive a different circumstance...
http://fox6now.com/2012/05/06/police-investigate-co-sleeping-death-of-three-month-old-girl/

brimic · « **Reply #4 on:** May 07, 2012, 10:51:44 AM »

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So why am I making puns? I know it's not way for a civilized person to conduct himself, I guess I just can't resist.

Humans have the capacity to find humor in electrifying events.

Tallpine · « **Reply #5 on:** May 07, 2012, 11:00:58 AM »

So, are they going to charge him after he recovers ?

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #6 on:** May 07, 2012, 11:08:12 AM »

Will he have the capacitance to put up a defense? Will there be be any reluctance to prosecute? I foresee no resistance.

roo_ster · « **Reply #7 on:** May 07, 2012, 11:10:44 AM »

Quote from: brimic on May 07, 2012, 10:49:44 AM

One that did not survive a different circumstance...
http://fox6now.com/2012/05/06/police-investigate-co-sleeping-death-of-three-month-old-girl/

The OP is a predictable outcome from persistent dumbassery dude brought on himself.

This (quoted url) really is a tragedy of stupid parents getting their little baby killed.

To add to the punnery...

The last words he is reported to have said were, "Ohm gonna git me some coppuh!"

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #8 on:** May 07, 2012, 11:20:47 AM »

Doggy Daddy · « **Reply #9 on:** May 07, 2012, 11:48:26 AM »

That's what happens when you conduct your affairs that way. He should have resisted the temptation for a quick buck and generated some income in a more appropriate way.

DD

Tallpine · « **Reply #10 on:** May 07, 2012, 12:32:17 PM »

Resistance is Fatal (usually)

TommyGunn · « **Reply #11 on:** May 07, 2012, 12:35:24 PM »

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #12 on:** May 07, 2012, 01:14:06 PM »

Sorry if you've heard this one before, but I know a guy who lost an arm doing that. Not his only bout of self-destructive behavior, I'm afraid. Kind of a lifestyle for him. Still one heck of a steel-worker, though, when sober.

(Also sorry for the lack of puns.)

Ben · « **Reply #13 on:** May 07, 2012, 02:43:28 PM »

I've got no witty puns, but I seem to recall we talked about this a few years back and that person was not lucky enough to survive. I recall some pretty gruesome looking pictures of what was left of him.

Tallpine · « **Reply #14 on:** May 07, 2012, 02:45:24 PM »

Quote from: Ben on May 07, 2012, 02:43:28 PM

I've got no witty puns, but I seem to recall we talked about this a few years back and that person was not lucky enough to survive. I recall some pretty gruesome looking pictures of what was left of him.

Might be more lucky to not survive

AJ Dual · « **Reply #15 on:** May 07, 2012, 02:55:28 PM »

Yeah, there's been ones where it looked like the leftovers of the Nazis in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and still smoking/smoldering when press got on scene.

Collecting aluminum cans seems to be a lot safer.

MicroBalrog · « **Reply #16 on:** May 07, 2012, 06:37:27 PM »

An individual in Ashdod once died when he was stealing rail parts from the rail. He managed not to notice the train as it appeared behind him, and, well, that went downhill fast.

Regolith · « **Reply #17 on:** May 08, 2012, 07:42:51 AM »

Quote from: makattak on May 07, 2012, 10:22:16 AM

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/05/05/would-be-copper-thief-extremely-grave-after-hes-shocked-and-catches-on-fire/

33000 Volts. Tried to steal copper and instead got 33000 volts.

Tasers can go up to 100,000 volts. It's the amperage that gets you.

Nick1911 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 08, 2012, 11:36:55 AM »

Looks like he died 18 hours after the event.

That must have been a rough 18 hours.

http://www.sbsun.com/ci_20565595/san-bernardino-copper-theft-suspect-dies

Hutch · « **Reply #19 on:** May 08, 2012, 09:50:33 PM »

Many revolutions of the earth around the sun ago, my wife, an RN in the best SICU in the state, took care of such a would-be thief. He didn't last long, and iirc, they couldn't even part him out.

Waitone · « **Reply #20 on:** May 09, 2012, 09:27:58 AM »

Not too long a go there was a local story of a copper thief who didn't kill himself but he did manager to burn off his fingers. When the cops rolled up he was standing there smoking.

Tallpine · « **Reply #21 on:** May 09, 2012, 10:02:26 AM »

Quote from: Waitone on May 09, 2012, 09:27:58 AM

Not too long a go there was a local story of a copper thief who didn't kill himself but he did manager to burn off his fingers. When the cops rolled up he was standing there smoking.

Well, at least the arc-villian doesn't have to worry about leaving fingerprints any more

AmbulanceDriver · « **Reply #22 on:** May 09, 2012, 10:07:20 AM »

Quote from: Regolith on May 08, 2012, 07:42:51 AM

Tasers can go up to 100,000 volts. It's the amperage that gets you.

Oh, I guaran-dang-tee you that a substation has more than sufficient amperage to turn you into a pile of smoking ash... :)

I wonder if at KFC he preferred original recipe or extra crispy......

Yes, I know, I'm an evil evil man.... :) But I find it very hard to find any sympathy for anyone who not only breaks the law, but is stupid enough to try to steal copper from a substation.... You'd think the loud, ominous "hummmmmmmmm" of all the equipment around you would give you a clue that this is not somewhere you wanna be poking around in.

AmbulanceDriver · « **Reply #23 on:** May 09, 2012, 10:13:36 AM »

Quote from: AJ Dual on May 07, 2012, 10:41:54 AM

(and it's ultimately the amperage that maims/kills, but they always like to use the voltage figure...)

Because "2,000 amps" just doesn't have the potential that "33,000 volts" has.

:D

brimic · « **Reply #24 on:** May 09, 2012, 11:46:54 AM »

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You'd think the loud, ominous "hummmmmmmmm" of all the equipment around you would give you a clue that this is not somewhere you wanna be poking around in.

Electrocution only happens on tv.

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Author Topic: Shocked that he survived! (Read 3839 times)