In rec.arts.sf.written Martin Brown wrote:

The worst sin I have ever seen was by a physicist. A mains cable
with a male plug at each end used to power a 4way socket
extention. A friend at university who seemed to attract bad luck
was very nearly killed by it.

Er. How does one even go about getting a male-to-male mains
cable? Is that the sort of thing you fashion yourself? I
didn't think such things were sold.

And here I thought it was bad enough a friend of mine built
something that deliberately uses USB A to USB A!

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