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You can tell that's bullshit. What are the odds that that guy has eight friends?
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I call bullshit for another reason. Unless he's trying to keep in elephants and has some crazy voltage, an average livestock electric fence wouldn't make anyone pee their pants. I've accidentally touched many and never came close to peeing. You know you hit it, but it's "Holy crap!!" for about a second then you go on about your business (more carefully). |
I've accidentally touched en electric fence too. It was annoying, but nowhere near the level of discomfort that Scylla claims.
Maybe he really does have an electric fence and is exaggerating its effects. But I think the rest of that story is bullshit. Maybe he brushed against the fence one day, and while rubbing the sore spot on his arm he fantasized about using the fence to mess with his friends. When you've got adoring fans telling you what a gifted storyteller you are and pushing you to produce more, you get sloppy and start fudging the details.
The same thing applies to his "
cow in the pool" post. He bought a pool cover, noticed that it was marketed as strong enough to support an elephant, and came up with the story. Even Scylla isn't stupid enough to claim that there are elephants wandering around his neighborhood, so he went with a cow instead. (The pool cover makes an
encore appearance in his
Vacuum Blimp thread; he's very proud of that thing.)