Today, my friend's 11 year-old son accidentally shocked himself with our electric fly swatter. Thirty seconds later, while trying to prove to him that it's physically impossible to shock yourself with it, and that it's perfectly safe, I did the exact same thing. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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Avabundy 0
Really? An electric fly swatter won't shock something if you hit it against anything? I guess its lucky your hands weren't wet.
Mastyge 0
Don't electric fly swatters have stickers on them, saying they can shock you? YDI
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Comments (81)
jjcooper 0
wow
XinvizableninjaX 0
my friend has a electric fly swater that he accidently hit me in the face with when I showed him he had a moth in his room
Proud_vegetarian 0
The comments on here are so amusing...,
KyRidHEART 0
..my hero?
okmankk 4
fail YTD
Vampierjazz2010 0
My sister shocks her cats with those things. Totally inhumane.
elodymayweeble 7
Yea...um, it is entirely possible to shock yourself with anything ELECTRICAL.
lululatenight 28
Why would you try to prove something powered by electricity doesn't have the capability to electrically shock you? I'm sorry, I don't want to live on this planet anymore. And I'm also having a really bad day, so I'm sorry if I'm being needlessly cruel….
marxism 8
You deserve it for being that stupid.