Beware of urinating on electrical power lines. Illustration from the 1931 electric safety book Elektroschutz in 132 Bildern (hat-tip: Tim Siedel).
Roger von Oech
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Silly 1931. It appears as if its instructing you to run as quickly as possible if this happens by chance. It is also a great illustration depicting how the cultural emerging technology had arrived more swiftly than general human wit.
Posted by: James Lytle | 20 May 2009 at 07:12 AM
Definitely an early Darwin Award winner!
Posted by: Erik Lauter | 20 May 2009 at 10:59 AM
Didn't Mythbusters soundly dispell this one?
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/16/mythbusters-pee-on-the-ps2-edition/
Posted by: James Urquhart | 22 May 2009 at 02:13 PM
Thanks James. I guess they hadn't seen Mythbusters in 1931. : - )
Posted by: Roger von Oech | 23 May 2009 at 04:39 PM
I don't know about electric wires but I know it works with electric fences.
Posted by: Matt Jones | 27 June 2009 at 06:06 AM