• Very convenient espresso machine - fixermark
  • One of the earliest emo suicides to date. - dokujitsu
  • where can I get easy access espresso like this person has? - Sondic
  • you guys are hilarious - blue_day
  • I wasn't aware that the base and stem of a lamp areelectrified. - rivetgirl
  • Jesus smites you for masturbating in the tub - Finale Chevreuil
  • I wonder if this is an old-fashioned water heater.... - H.R. 8398 Cephei
  • poisoned sponge - mctooom
  • Victor/Victoria - thisismydisaster68
  • What? Me, I always take my bath with a lamp!! What's the problem? - Sohny2007

30 Ways to Shock Yourself

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Here are 30 illustrations from the book Elektroschutz in 132 Bildern. These diagrams outline causes of electrical accidents

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  1. Count Spatula 55 months ago | reply

    This one's a trick - Pay no attention to the robot overlord at the foot of the tub, the real danger is the lamp.

  2. ~wishiwasanotter~ 55 months ago | reply

    ...and no "death box" , so again...I can't see the problem.

    (unless it's in the room but out of picture, then I might be reaching for the towel)

  3. bogiwoye 55 months ago | reply

    robot overlord - HA HA HA LOL :)

  4. rolypolyrolypolyrolypolyrolypoly 55 months ago | reply

    We're niggling over electrical grounds when there's a monohydrazine rocket at the end of the tub? German's really didn't mess around with heating up their bath water.

  5. Band Aid 55 months ago | reply

    Greeeat spot for a lamp.

  6. rmccue 55 months ago | reply

    One less emo kid in 1931 Germany.

  7. Kevbo 55 months ago | reply

    Well, of course he's holding on tight to whatever's available. That rectangle isn't a bath mat, it's the floor falling away into the distance.

  8. Latente 囧 www.latente.it 55 months ago | reply

    rmccue
    lol i think the same thing

  9. KatinkaPinka 55 months ago | reply

    go cry, emo kid.

  10. halljonathan 55 months ago | reply

    I think he is purposely stimulating his bowels. Thats what that arrow means, right? Electro-gastrointestinal stimulation c.1931.

  11. goopuddle 54 months ago | reply

    Which is why you sat over the drain in that era's bathtubs.

    Note how das loofah dish hangs to the outside of the tub? The loofah will make a puddle on the floor so that when the tub is drained, there remains a puddle, or wet bath mat, with which to step into, or upon, when turning off the lamp after the bath.
    This needs a sub-picture showing THAT hazard.
    But then, we do have the 'foot in a puddle, grab the lamp' gypsy scrubwoman picture to illustrate that event.

  12. rivetgirl 53 months ago | reply

    I'm going to have to remember that the base and stem of lamps are electrified.

  13. Erica Parrott 46 months ago | reply

    I think it's a woman? I spy a breast

  14. Licensed Electrician in Tucson 35 months ago | reply

    Electrocution of emo kid with man boobs..check. One less thing on my list now.

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