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The discussion revolves around personal experiences with electrical shocks and safety precautions taken after such incidents. Participants share stories of close calls, including shocks from car batteries, electric fences, and faulty appliances. One individual recounts a particularly dangerous incident involving a 480 Volt service where a screwdriver was vaporized due to unexpected power restoration. Others discuss the importance of implementing verbal checks before working with electrical systems to prevent accidents. The conversation also touches on the curious behavior of animals around electric fences and the challenges of living a nomadic academic life, with a light-hearted exchange about the meaning of "thongs" and personal anecdotes related to electrical safety. Overall, the thread emphasizes the need for caution when dealing with electricity and the shared experiences that highlight the risks involved.
  • #31
wolram:
If you absolutely want to find out what a thong is, here's a link:
http://www.wyzman.com/en/underwear/thongs.asp
 
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  • #32
Monique said:
g-string, it would have been shocking if kazza had worn that to the beach :wink:

Oh, i must get out more, or start watching TV again.
 
  • #33
arildno said:
wolram:
If you absolutely want to find out what a thong is, here's a link:
http://www.wyzman.com/en/underwear/thongs.asp

Instruments of torture, how can they wear those things.
 
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  • #34
wolram said:
Instruments of torture, how can they wear those things.
Really?
They look rather expandable.
 
  • #35
arildno said:
Really?
They look rather expandable.

Cough, cough, um, er,
:blushing:
 
  • #36
wolram said:
Cough, cough, um, er,
:blushing:
Yes, crouching tigers and hidden dragons can certainly be rather unnerving..
 
  • #37
arildno said:
Yes, crouching tigers and hidden dragons can certainly be rather unnerving..

Help, i am way out of my depth, i am certainly not goinig to google again
that last one gave my monitor a fit. :eek:
 
  • #38
wolram said:
that last one gave my monitor a fit. :eek:
That's the gag reflex.
Your monitor shouldn't gulp down too much all of a sudden.
 
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  • #39
arildno said:
That's the gag reflex.
Your monitor shouldn't gulp down too much all of a sudden.

Oh i get it, you are trying to embarrass me, well its working :blushing:
 
  • #40
Well, from your profile of where you live, I would have thought you knew all about frolicking in The Shire..:wink:

Might be wrong, though.. :rolleyes:
 
  • #41
arildno said:
Well, from your profile of where you live, I would have thought you knew all about frolicking in The Shire..:wink:

Might be wrong, though.. :rolleyes:

Well i have done some frolicking, but frolicking then was a different kind of
frolicking, there were certainly no tangas in my day, or may be there was,
but i never saw any.
 
  • #42
No, I agree, you don't need to actually wear a tanga (or anything else for that matter), in order to frolick.
 
  • #43
arildno said:
No, I agree, you don't need to actually wear a tanga (or anything else for that matter), in order to frolick.

Now you must know it is dangerous being naked in the country side, all that
barbed wire, electric fences, muck flies, lord knows you could end up in
hospital with a big lump or something.
 
  • #44
Well:
1. Big lump: Can't see what's wrong with that
2. Muck flies: Really, that was low..
3. barbed wire, electric fences: Not into that, I'm afraid.
 
  • #45
arildno said:
Well:
1. Big lump: Can't see what's wrong with that
2. Muck flies: Really, that was low..
3. barbed wire, electric fences: Not into that, I'm afraid.

Pardon, not into, oh i see perviation, glad to hear that.
 
  • #46
"Tanga" must have a different meaning in the Netherlands than it does here. In all my catalogs, the "tanga" bottoms cover just slightly more than a thong, not less. Smaller than a thong is a g-string, and, well, those just aren't intended to be worn for long, they're more of a gift wrapping. :wink: :blushing:
 
  • #47
Moonbear said:
Smaller than a thong is a g-string, and, well, those just aren't intended to be worn for long, they're more of a gift wrapping.
Prepare thyself for the "central ring pouch" (top row-centre column image):

http://www.wyzman.com/en/underwear/novelties.asp
 
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  • #48
arildno said:
Prepare thyself for the "central ring pouch" (top row-centre column image):

http://www.wyzman.com/en/underwear/novelties.asp

This is getting blue and sexist, I am sure us males find such pictures demeaning
i think those men are gigolos or some thing like, no normal man would wear
things like that would they?
 
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  • #49
wolram said:
no normal man would wear things like that would they?

Ahem... :blushing:
 

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