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« Reply #45 on: September 04, 2009, 04:40:11 pm » |
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Dude, I figured it was something weird. *g*
(I have been electrocuted. Not something I need to do for fun.)
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« Reply #46 on: September 04, 2009, 05:14:17 pm » |
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Huh? Oh, no, the Pure Wand is not a violet wand (although I do have one of those, too, and promise to keep that away from you as well, and the TENS unit), it's a stainless steel insertable. I mean, I suppose I could . . . no, that thought does not need to go here.
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« Reply #47 on: September 04, 2009, 05:21:56 pm » |
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See? I misread my porn. My bad!
Dildos in a sexual context do not squick me like electricity does. *g*
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« Reply #48 on: September 04, 2009, 05:43:53 pm » |
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Dildos in a sexual context do not squick me like electricity does. *g*
See, electricity in a sexual, or at least sensual, context just make me giggle.  But I'm kinda weird that way. |
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« Reply #49 on: September 04, 2009, 05:45:08 pm » |
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Dildos in a sexual context do not squick me like electricity does. *g*
See, electricity in a sexual, or at least sensual, context just make me giggle. But I'm kinda weird that way. You just need to get knocked across the room by it once or twice. ;-) |
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« Reply #50 on: September 04, 2009, 06:10:17 pm » |
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Condoms are also used to make stage intestines.
They can also keep your matches dry and the mud out of your gun muzzle.
A thousand helpful uses.
And to waterproof microphones to capture the sounds of river dolphins, according to Douglas Adams. And to lubricate loom shuttles. Or so says the BBC. |
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« Reply #51 on: September 04, 2009, 06:15:29 pm » |
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You just need to get knocked across the room by it once or twice. ;-)
Well, I've never been thrown across the room, but I have run into a cattle fence a time or two, and that's not so nice, either. But violet wands are low current, high voltage and high frequency, and the sensation is worlds apart. |
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« Reply #52 on: September 04, 2009, 06:36:58 pm » |
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You just need to get knocked across the room by it once or twice. ;-)
Or not!!! (Haven't done that, and really? I'll pass!) I did have an unfortunate experience with getting strapped to a table and having needles shoved into me through which I was electrocuted when I was about six. But I expect the current amounts weren't really that high. (However, I screamed bloody murder.) |
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« Reply #53 on: September 04, 2009, 06:45:39 pm » |
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I did have an unfortunate experience with getting strapped to a table and having needles shoved into me through which I was electrocuted when I was about six. But I expect the current amounts weren't really that high. (However, I screamed bloody murder.)
Good gods, WHY?!?!?! (I have a horror of needles, in any context.) (And now that I've had thirty second to think about it, some sort of acupuncture treatment?) |
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You just need to get knocked across the room by it once or twice. ;-)
Or not!!! (Haven't done that, and really? I'll pass!) Well, pulling that fuse seemed like a good idea at the time.... |
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« Reply #55 on: September 04, 2009, 11:00:33 pm » |
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Huh? Oh, no, the Pure Wand is not a violet wand (although I do have one of those, too, and promise to keep that away from you as well, and the TENS unit), it's a stainless steel insertable. I mean, I suppose I could . . . no, that thought does not need to go here.
It's pretty. And non-specific enough you could put it on the mantle and have people try to guess what it is. |
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« Reply #56 on: September 04, 2009, 11:27:52 pm » |
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Also true. Catch a probably-fairly-worksafe-for-exactly-this-reason glimpse of it here. Just a curved piece of highly polished steel, thick on one end and thin on the other, with a ball on each end. |
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You just need to get knocked across the room by it once or twice. ;-)
Or not!!! (Haven't done that, and really? I'll pass!) Well, pulling that fuse seemed like a good idea at the time.... Ouch. I grounded an RV once. Not something I'd recommend to anyone.  |
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You just need to get knocked across the room by it once or twice. ;-)
Or not!!! (Haven't done that, and really? I'll pass!) Well, pulling that fuse seemed like a good idea at the time.... Depends on what one uses to pull the fuse, I suppose. (Purpose-built nonconductive fuse pullers, not a problem. Bare hands or vise-grip pliers, definite problem.) Ouch. I grounded an RV once. Not something I'd recommend to anyone. Fortunately, I only got a tingle the one time I didn't quite get the leads fully into the 480VAC test jack. And the time I tried to check the HVDC output with the multimeter leads in the ammeter jacks only resulted in impromptu arc-welding (which, thankfully, the instructors didn't notice). |
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« Reply #59 on: September 05, 2009, 01:15:51 pm » |
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Good gods, WHY?!?!?!
(I have a horror of needles, in any context.)
It was supposed to be a test for muscular dystrophy. Though from the poking around, I can't quite figure out why it was that horrible (oh, and thinking about this, I was probably younger than six) and what all the bits were about - I've found some documentation of what MD tests were for that time period, and while yeah, I remember those bits, bits like the "make the line wiggle but without using your muscles" (or at least that's how they explained it to me at the time) make a bit less sense. *shrug* (And now that I've had thirty second to think about it, some sort of acupuncture treatment?)
Actually, I've had pretty positive experiences with acupuncture, though I'm pretty picky about who I will work with. Well, pulling that fuse seemed like a good idea at the time....
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