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savanna3313
01-17-2006, 02:24 PM
And speaking of *testicules*, a friend just emailed this to me......I found it rather amusing. :haha:

"A Man and his Toys"

To give you some background information, Greg (not the prison Greg mentioned in an earlier thread!) the author of this email, is 58 years old about 6'3" and 220 lbs and contrary to this story, he is
quite an intelligent person.



Dear Friends,

My wife is fond of saying that my last words on this earth will be something akin to "Well, I have out done myself once again." No doubt you will see this true story chronicled in a Life Time movie in the near future. Here goes.

Last weekend I spied something at the pawn shop that tickled my fancy.
(Note: Keep in mind that my "fancy" is easily tickled.)

I bought something really cool for my wife. The occasion was our 12th
anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my sweet
girl.

What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized Taser gun with a clip. For those of you who are not familiar with this product, it is a
less-than-lethal stun gun with two metal prongs designed to incapacitate an assailant with a shock of high-voltage, low amperage electricity while you flee to safety. The effects are supposed to be short lived, with no
long-term adverse affect on your assailant, but allowing you adequate time to retreat to safety. You simply jab the prongs into your 250 lb tattooed assailant, push the button, and it will render him a slobbering,
goggle-eyed, muscle-twitching, whimpering, pencil-neck geek.

If you've never seen one of these things in action, then you're truly
missing out - way too cool!

Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was so
disappointed. Upon reading the directions (we don't need no stinkin'
directions), I found much to my chagrin that this particular model would not create an arch between the prongs. How disappointing! I do love fire for effect. I learned that if I pushed the button, however, and pressed it
against a metal surface that I'd get the blue arch of electricity darting
back and forth between the prongs that I was so looking forward to. I did
so. Awesome!!! Sparks, a blue arch of electricity, and a loud pop!!!

Yipeeeeee. I'm easily amused, just for your information, but I have yet to
explain to my wife what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave.

Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it
couldn't be all that bad with only two AAA batteries, etc., etc. There
I sat in my recliner, my dog looking on intently (trusting little soul),
reading the directions and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh and blood target. I must admit I thought about zapping the dog for a fraction of a second and thought better of it. She is such a sweet pup, after all. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Was I wrong to think that? Seemed reasonable to me at the time.

So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses
perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, Taser
in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and
disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water.

All the while I'm looking at this little device (measuring about 5" long,
less than 3/4 inch in circumference, pretty cute really, and loaded with two itsy, bitsy AAA batteries) thinking to myself, "no friggin' way!"

What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best. Those of you who know me well have got a pretty good idea of what followed. I'm sitting there alone, the dog looking on with her head cocked to one side as if to say, "don't do it buddy," reasoning that a one-second burst from such a tiny lil' ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad. (Sound, rational thinking under the circumstances, wouldn't you agree?)

I decided to give myself a one-second burst just for the hell of it. I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and HOLY
*********!!!! I'm pretty sure that Jessie Ventura ran in through the front
door, picked me up out of that recliner, then body slammed me on the carpet over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, soaking wet, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position. The dog was standing over me making sounds I had never heard before, licking my face, undoubtedly thinking to herself, "do it again, please do it again!"

(Note: If you ever feel compelled to mug yourself with a Taser, one note of caution.. There is no such thing as a one-second burst when you zap yourself. You're not going to let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor. Then, if you're lucky, you won't lodge the prongs 1/4" deep in your thigh like yours truly.)

SON-OF-A-***** that hurt! A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at this point), I collected my wits (what little I had
left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My reading glasses were on the
mantel of the fireplace. How did they get there??? My triceps, right thigh
and both titties were still twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up
with Novocain, as my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. give or take an ounce or
two, I'm pretty sure. By the way, has anyone seen my testicles? I think they ran away. I'm offering a reward. They're round, rather large.

Miss 'em ...... sure would like to get'em back.


Greg

chickenlicken
01-17-2006, 07:30 PM
I love to hear stories like that, it makes me feel as though the dumb things I have done aren't so unusual. My wife asked my why I was laughing so much... She wouldn't see the humor if I told her.

Iceaxe
01-17-2006, 07:53 PM
I had just started dating my future wife and was over to her families house for Christmas. Her three brothers had a teaser and I'm guessing the reason I didn't get shocked was because it was only the second time I had met them and because Shauna would have kicked the snot out of her brothers. All the boys are scared of their big sister..... :chairshot:

Anyhoo..... uncle Freddie walks in the front door and someone nails him. Freddie flops around on the floor for a while and then gets up and lectures the boys on what a stupid thing that was, how the could really hurt someone, yada, yada.... :stupid:

Just then her uncle Bill pulls up and Freddie grabs the teaser and nails Bill as he walks through the door. :doorpeak:

I just sat their wondering what I was getting myself into. :roll:

david staub
01-18-2006, 07:02 AM
as long as we're sharing stupid stories.....

a few years ago, my son and I were walking home from Church (he was about 13 years old at the time) and got talking about fun things we could do that afternoon. For some reason, we decided that we would move the trampoline near the house, jump off of the roof on to the trampoline just to see how high we could bounce. So, we got home, changed our clothes, and moved the trampoline. We opted not to tell my wife or daughters what we were up to as our womenfolk generally discourage us from things that we think would be fun.

My son was the first to go off of the roof. He landed on his feet and almost bounced as high as the roof. It looked really fun and I was getting more and more excited for my turn. Finally, I jumped. On the way down I thought, "I don't want to land on my feet, I might actually hit the ground." So I decided to tip myself and land on my butt. Unfortunately (and you knew there had to be an unfortunately), because I tipped myself I created an angle (remember your geometry?) that would not allow me to bounce straight up. Instead, I was slammed against the house. My wife heard the crash and came running outside to find me lying on the ground. She immediately surmised what I had done. Being the kind and considerate woman that she is, she told me to get my sorry butt off the ground and asked me how old I thought I really was. I gathered whatever dignity I had and went into the house. I knew by the pain that I was in trouble. To make a very long story short, I had shattered two vertabrae in my neck and had to have surgery putting a plate in my neck. Needless to say, I am no longer allowed on the trampoline.

Iceaxe
01-18-2006, 07:24 AM
Good story :2thumbs: