Where Science Went Wrong (hilarious web site)

On 12/05/2010 12:36, wrote:
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.

For rather obvious product liability reasons they are not sold!

However you cannot prevent some idiot (even a highly qualified one) from
getting the component parts and assembling a death trap!

Many mains cables are pre moulded now but it was not always the case.

Regards,
Martin Brown