Originally posted by Mr. Robin Parsons
...the idea of sticking electrodes into your ear while wet sounds appetizing...
I feel it will be of interest to interpolate some real history here since my quetion was born of reading the following:
"Volta went on to seek electrical phenomena in other parts of the body, including the ear. In 1800 he attempted to stimulate the sensation of hearing electrically by connecting a battery to two metal rods, placing the rods in his ears and closing the switch. Not surprisingly, Volta received what he described as a `jolt in the head,' and a few moments later he heard `a noise like the boiling of thick soup.' The sensation was too disagreeable to bear many repetitions and Volta did not pursue this investigation."
Dumb. Next we meet Dumber and Dumberer:
"Later Ernst Weber, the German scientist who pioneered the study of physical sensations, tried to continue Volta's experiments, using his brother, Wilhelm as a guinea pig. Weber filled Wilhelm's ears with water and then inserted a pair of electrodes . When a current was passed through, young Wilhelm reported a light `that seemed to go right over my head,' but he heard no sound."
-Sound And Hearing
Life Science Library/Time Life Books, 1967
Sometimes truth is stupider than a stupid quetion.
What do you do if while attempting to cause the arousal of the thoughts of Arnie no longer performing in "Terminator" movies, (he really was good in those wasn't he!) you slip, with the electrodes attached to your gonads, and fall into a bathtub of Battery Acid, losing your 'sucker' on the floor underneath the Tub?
It's funny you should ask that question because recently, while crawling on all fours to answer the doorbell, I spilled the beaker of H
2SO
4 I was carrying and some really interesting fumes began to drift up from the carpet. The same thought occurred to me that would occur to anyone under these circumtances, which is that it might be interesting to call my versatile brother, Wilhelm and use him to soak up the spill. But since he is in a padded cell somewhere repeating the phrase "like a light going right over my head!' over and over, I proceeded toward the door intending to achieve the same goal using whoever might be out there ringing the bell.
What do you do if, in the above situation, the person at the door turns out to have no spongiform properties whatsoever?