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You won't thank me for this...

A man is working on the buses in the US collecting tickets.

He rings the bell for the driver to set off when there's a woman half getting on the bus. The driver sets off, the woman falls from the bus and is killed. At the trial the man is sent down for murder and seeing as it's Texas he's sent to the electric chair. On the day of his execution he's sat in the chair and the executioner grants him a final wish.

"Well" says the man, "is that your packed lunch over there?" "Yes" answers the executioner. "Can I have that green banana?"

The executioner gives the man his green banana and waits till he's eaten it. When the man's finished, the executioner flips the switch sending hundreds of thousands of volts through the man. When the smoke clears the man is still alive. The executioner can't believe it.

"Can I go?" the man asks. "I suppose so" says the executioner, "that's never happened before."

The man leaves and eventually gets a job back on the buses selling tickets. Again he rings the bell for the driver to go when people are still getting on. A man falls under the wheels and is killed. The bloke is sent down for murder again and sent to the electric chair. The executioner is determined to do it right this time so rigs the chair up to the electric supply for the whole of Texas.

The bloke is again sat in the chair. "What is your final wish?" asks the executioner. "Can I have that green banana in your packed lunch ?" says the condemned man. The executioner sighs and reluctantly gives up his banana. The bloke eats the banana all up and the executioner flips the switch. Millions of volts course through the chair blacking out Texas . When the smoke clears the man is still sat there smiling in the chair. The executioner can't believe it and lets the man go.

Well, would you believe, the bloke gets his job back on the buses. Once again he rings the bell whilst passengers are still getting on, this time killing three of them. He is sent to the electric chair again. The executioner rigs up all United States electricity supply to The chair, determined to get his man this time. The man sits down in the chair smiling.

"What's your final wish ?" asks the executioner. "Well" says the man, "Can I have that green banana out of your packed lunch.?" The executioner hands over his banana and the man eats it all, skin included. The executioner pulls the handle and a brazillion volts go through the chair. When the smoke rises the man is still sat there alive without even a burn mark.

"I give up" says the executioner, "I don't understand how you can still be alive after all that?". He stroked his chin. "It's something to do with that green banana isn't it" he asked.

Nahh" said the bloke,

"I'm just a really bad conductor"

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Jemm - for the first time since it started, you've entered my 'Hit List Top Ten'.

:banghead:

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taxi for Jemm :car:

i'll inflict that on some poor soul sooner or later though with actions and everything.:D

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And the conductors name? Gary numan.

Are friends electric

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79 order wrote: And the conductors name? Gary numan.

Are friends electric

no he was the guy who gave the ahem, 'intimate' shave before they gave him Jemm's 'Brazillion Vaults'

I am so sorry about that tumbleweed moment

taxi for GaryMac

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Last night I dreamed I was in heaven. In my dream, when people go to heaven, they turn into animals. I had turned into a chicken. I ate some corn and had a bit of a scratch around. And then felt a bit strange. A lion said to me 'don't worry, you're just about to lay an egg'. 'Just push a bit and it will come out fine, most people enjoy it' So I pushed a bit and out popped an egg. I really did enjoy it. I sat on my egg and moved around a bit so that it would hatch. It was very warm between my legs. And then I woke up with my Mum shouting at me for crapping the bed again.

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Col, do you think the invention of a tumbleweed smilie is a bit overdue?

:D

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It's the only thing missing from an otherwise-perfect site.

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I concur

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I love that joke, always tell the sparky's it when working on site etc, and the thing is, you can keep it going as long as you like :clap: :clap:

I'm glad it not only me that tells it :lol:

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Diamond 383 wrote: Last night I dreamed I was in heaven. In my dream, when people go to heaven, they turn into animals. I had turned into a chicken. I ate some corn and had a bit of a scratch around. And then felt a bit strange. A lion said to me 'don't worry, you're just about to lay an egg'. 'Just push a bit and it will come out fine, most people enjoy it' So I pushed a bit and out popped an egg. I really did enjoy it. I sat on my egg and moved around a bit so that it would hatch. It was very warm between my legs. And then I woke up with my Mum shouting at me for crapping the bed again.

Huh... I had a dream I went to heaven as well last night. Small world,eh? but in my dream we were at this huge banquet in this big dance hall. People dancing in circles, heavenly music in the air, and this table that kept giving all the food you could eat... but you never got full or fat, so you could always sit there and eat and enjoy as much as your heart's desire. I finally woke up when I got this big marshmellow finally down my throat. I searched and searched, but I couldn't find my pillow...

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A poor joke, made all the poorer by being meaningless.

A poor conductor, by definition, offers more resistance and resisitance=heat and loads of it. Even a near-perfect insulator would failthrough at those kinds of voltages. Essentially he would need to be a PERFECT conductor to survive.

It's all the more tragic that it was posted by an apparently intelligent lady who graduated from a fine university. I find the whole thing very trying, and need a little lie down now.

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I think the words used were bad conductor, rather than poor, and I see no problem at all in this choice of words.

It could be argued that this phrasing is intended to mean that the material (ie the would be victim of the execution) is badly suited to the task of being killed, rather than making claims as to the impedance offered by the man himself. So a zero resistance man would indeed be 'bad' at being injured or killed by the shock.

However the more likely reason for the phenomenon of survival is that the resistivity of the man himself was unusually high compared to some easier route that was available for the energy to pass to earth. This is the principle of a lightning conductor - the great majority of the energy of the strike passes harmlessly along the copper whereas the building (being a 'bad conductor') carries relatively little and suffers little or no harm as a consequence.

Anyone with a basic understanding of electrical theory and building technology would know these facts.

One thing that I have noticed about the tale is the potential for misunderstanding at the end. The phrase 'poor conductor', whilst obviously referring to the electrical properties of the gentleman, could be understood as a comment about his suitability for his chosen profession, conductor being a popular colloquialism for a public transport fare collection operative. I feel sure, however, that any reader would have been in no doubt that this was unintentional (possibly even humourous) and would have no problem in understanding the anecdote.

I thereby propose that the text of the original post remains unedited and the challenge is withdrawn at once, and any subsequent challenges, being non domino removed from the records.

Yours in anticipation of remuneration to the value of forty guineas, Biginoil

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Hmm a rather more succinct response to my own, but the same in essence.

Get fucked :nod:

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My comment to Biginoil was also aimed at you Cambo

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Bastered :finger:

EDIT: That was to Doctor

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Dodjem wrote: My comment to Biginoil was also aimed at you Cambo

I was sticking up for you!

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Then 'Get fucked' is a sign of affection :)

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Right back atcha then x

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Dodjem wrote: My comment to Biginoil was also aimed at you Cambo

And indeed your arse was included in my comment ;)

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:rofl: :rofl:

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the joke at start of this thread is good ,but its too long to tell,:nod: but not has fucking long has this thread that followed. excellent.keep up this shit and we will all be famous.

:thumb:

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banshee wrote:

but not has fucking long has this thread that followed.

:confused2: :crazy:

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EdelBrock wrote:

banshee wrote:

but not has fucking long has this thread that followed.

:confused2: :crazy:

yea its a long thread to follow one joke dont you agree?

drink some red wine and dark rum in your america and then you will agree how fucking long this thread is edel vice :wink: english heart :thumb:

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Bossy Jem wrote: seeing as it's Texas he's sent to the electric chair.

but...but...we haven't used the electric chair since 1964...

we're much more humane here now...we put them to death by making them read your jokes!!!

:p

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