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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

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 - posted 10-27-2008 08:47 PM      Profile for Joe Redifer   Author's Homepage   Email Joe Redifer   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Vilcus dactyloadapter was developed specially for people who enjoy closing electrical circuits with their own fingers. Many people get a kick out of direct contact with AC power supply. To that end, people normally use U-shaped fragments of bare wire, paper clips or even usual metal forks. All these gimmicks are unreliable, short-lived and, most importantly, tend to cause short-circuit failure or even inflammation.

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Two convenient holes wide apart can accept even large fingers

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Vilcus does not itself consume power, so you can leave it plugged till next time.

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Copper plates located in the sockets ensure proper contact.

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Avid travelers will appreciate the replaceable plugs—for European and American sockets—that are part of the standard package.

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For group sessions, Vilcus users may obtain Rozetkus power strip.

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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

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 - posted 10-27-2008 08:53 PM      Profile for Bobby Henderson   Email Bobby Henderson   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
If this product turns out to be a bit hit (which I think it will) I want to put in an option to patent the Vilcus Peckerloadapter.

It's an upgrade from the two-digit input design. The new three-digit adapter accepts two finger sized inputs and a pecker sized input for the expressively masochistic customer.

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Randy Stankey
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 - posted 10-27-2008 10:36 PM      Profile for Randy Stankey   Email Randy Stankey   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I have a hard time believing it to be true.

The clincher is the last picture. It would be impossible to plug those things in, both vertically and horizontally, and still be able to get a shock from it unless you bridged the contacts with both hands or unless two or more people joined hands. If you did that you'd be passing electricity through your body, not just your fingers.

Somebody could die very easily.

I just can't get this past the BS detector.

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Bobby Henderson
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 - posted 10-27-2008 11:12 PM      Profile for Bobby Henderson   Email Bobby Henderson   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Dude. It's just a joke.

Um, it's late...I think I'm gonna fall asl...
[sleep]

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Mike Blakesley
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 - posted 10-28-2008 12:37 AM      Profile for Mike Blakesley   Author's Homepage   Email Mike Blakesley   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
quote: Bobby Henderson
Dude. It's just a joke.
Still, you just know there are a few idiots out there who would try it...and like it.

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Joe Redifer
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 - posted 10-28-2008 12:38 AM      Profile for Joe Redifer   Author's Homepage   Email Joe Redifer   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
So what would happen if you put a finger from your left hand in one hole and a finger from your right hand in the right hole? Heart stoppage?

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Frank Angel
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 - posted 10-28-2008 06:25 AM      Profile for Frank Angel   Author's Homepage   Email Frank Angel   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Eyeball poppage!

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Bobby Henderson
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Why bother with a device like that when an ordinary lamp would offer the same effect? Just remove the light bulb and poke your finger in the empty socket. Weee!

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Robert Minichino
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 - posted 10-28-2008 07:22 AM      Profile for Robert Minichino   Author's Homepage   Email Robert Minichino   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Randy, that power strip is real (or at least serious), the neutral/hot contacts are staggered in each row. The finger adapter is an April Fool's joke, though (the site has release date of 01.04.2007, which in D/M/Y format is April 1).

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Rick Raskin
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To paraphrase Amos 'N Andy:

Put your finger in the socket and let me know if you feel the tingle.

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Tim Reed
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quote: Joe Redifer
what would happen if you put a finger from your left hand in one hole and a finger from your right hand in the right hole?
Well, it would certainly go across your heart. The amount of current would depend on your body resistance, but it doesn't take much to cause fibrillation. In an old GCC house back in the mid-80s, I was sweating in the Houston summer while modifying a Mark X automation, and got across the 120V line momentarily. It wasn't good. I tasted copper and was disoriented for several minutes.

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Jim Cassedy
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Hey, wait a minute! I think I smell a patent
infringement case here! This is very similar to the
"Jiffy Fuse Tester" I invented several years ago.

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It works like this-
1) Plug it in.
2) If the fuse blows, it was good.

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Alan Gouger
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This reminds me of the episode on MythBusters where they urinated on an electric fence. The myth was busted, you do not get a shock.

Unless your this guy
http://www.videosift.com/video/Peeing-On-An-Electric-Fence

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Randy Stankey
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Let me rephrase...

I have a hard time suspending disbelief long enough for the joke to be funny.

But then, there are enough people out there who would try to buy one. [Roll Eyes]

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David Stambaugh
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Is it UL approved? [thumbsup]

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