The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #143752   Message #3690068
Posted By: Joe_F
26-Feb-15 - 06:25 PM
Thread Name: ADD:Gentlemen should please refrain/Humoresque
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentlemen should please refrain
I am highly skeptical of stories about dire consequences of relieving oneself on an electrified rail. (One of them goes back to the 18th century -- it is said that Benjamin Franklin deterred the patrons of a neighboring tavern by coating the wall of his shop with foil & electrifying it with a Leyden jar.) Casual observation suggests that the stream would have broken up into drops long before it hit the conductor.