Electricity Kills

[youcann]

cut the earth wire and all problems are gone :D

[disjoinedchip2]

this never fails to crack me up. you'd have to have an arse for a brain to do this.

[JamieJWSmith]

This gives me chills, as my friends dad used to do this....

[ninjabluewings]

Very Bad Acting Alert

[CMCTV76]

People were hard in the 70's. My mum always stuck two copper pieces into a plug to work her hairdryer whilst having a bath every morning. Never did her any harm. My dad enjoyed that smooth blend of cigarette with asbestos tip for additional flavour. Bless them!!!

[al3699]

did that second bloke just try to steal a dead man's drill?

[IdeasWorthSharing87]

baller hairstyle. electricity you crazy. i believe it's something about the electrons. mixed with volts. there are definitely wires involved. just kidding. - Doug Rochford

[hstings543]

LOL :D

[Time71Team]

There used to be a huge amount of electrocutions in the UK because all electrical appliances were sold without a plug attached and you had to put it on yourself.

That was in the good old days when it was seen as a great idea to have an electrical socket in your bathroom so you plug your ghettoblaster in and perch it on the edge of the bath while you had a soak.

[sambda]

@Time71Team Yes, that was always the problem on Xmas Day in the 70s. None of the toys came with either plugs or batteries, both of which, for some unfathomable reason, were not allowed. So at 9am on Xmas Day, there were plugs being ripped off hairdryers and toasters, and batteries pinched from Uncle Len's hearing aid.

[Time71Team]

@sambda Ah yes i remember those days well. I also remember the large number of people who got electrocuted every year putting plugs onto the fairy tree lights and lighting themselves up instead of the tree.

[surbon514]

I would be interested to know if British electricians (or amateurs) get killed or maimed more often than in Canada. Britain uses 240V/50Hz, we use 120/60. I've known a couple people over here who have been badly zapped by a mains outlet but lived. I'd bet in Britain they wouldn't get a second chance- that's serious voltage!

Note, I am not criticizing Britain, it's just something I thought about

[sambda]

@surbon514 My brother got zapped by 220V while doing some work in the kitchen. It knocked him a few feet away, and he felt very strange afterwards for an hour or so, but he was otherwise OK.

While America has the lower voltage, it generally means more current has to be carried. Wires heat up more, and there are more fires from that point of view.

[fairyheli2]

@surbon514 415v in some places,

[jimmylad53]

The live came out at 0:14, so the power should have cut out

[1harryrobert]

@jimmylad53 It didn't, only the earth came out

[fairyheli2]

so earth wires are dangerous?

[dcanmore]

Ah... back in the day when you shaved from a light socket.

There's a reason why health and safety came in a big way, because some people were BLOODY STUPID!

[cupcakefairy87]

Reminds me of when Jim Robinson in Neighbours died.

[DonnoJohnstonProject]

Years ago People had to wire plugs themselves

[keiko909]

why the fuck would anybody want to wire up a plug in such a bootleg and stupid way?....

[lamplight5]

The 2nd guy didn't even touch him.Just his drill LOL

[disjoinedchip2]

you have to be pretty stupid to do this ffs.

[siffler1234]

hahaha....its him from casualty ironic really looks like the build up to one of there episodes.....also little john in the kevin costner movie!!!

[hotelmario510]

"This man was safe. Until he decided to be a nobhead."

[aredredrose1]

Famous story behind this. George Lucas saw this and asked him to repeat his performance in Star Wars three years later. He's a stormtrooper and Chewy shoots him in the shoulder when they're escaping from the Death Star.

Drives buses through Peckham now though.

[haveagoodweek]

Nick Brimble

[GenericWTLAlt]

...People really did that?

[SuperFlamethrower1]

tbh this advert made me laugh lol

[Voxac100b]

Its DC Gerry Burtonshaw from The Sweeney

[crosbymalkin07]

so he's dead?



[matelot95]

Lol It's Nick Brimble from Robin Hood

[ivliuscaesar1865]

bad acting

[3DPlanets]

Meh. I got shocked once after touching the prongson a laptop charger plug. I'm still here.

[midsaint776]

why could'nt the twat have gone 2 wilkinsons 4 aplug like everyone else does !

[sattski]

who in their right mind would wire a plug like this?

[hoppinonabronzeleg]

this actor played a thug in the professionals

[sattski]

@hoppinonabronzeleg nick brimble. he was in the sweeney and emmerdale as well.

[Madgeisha]

I guess plugs were too much trouble to replace.

[thefrecklepuny]

A TRUE classic PIF!

[BuddyFantastic]

*applaudes* Bravo! Bravo! This man should've been given an Oscar for such an "Electrifying" performance

[Paramedic18791]

@BuddyFantastic

no better the darwin award=)

[Minervasux]

Why did it go wrong if the wires came out of the socket?

[sincityfire]

@Minervasux the wire touches the man and the electrical current goes through him. The earth wire is supposed to protect him. But slipped out.

[Minervasux]

@sincityfire Well, what was that other thing that came out?

[entertainmentsteve]

This looks like a commercial for some company that fixes electricity

[videogamelovergirl12]

am i the only one who thinks the first guy looks like edward cullen from twilight?

[Minervasux]

@videogamelovergirl12 No, you're not.

[JamesTKirkCobain]

Oh wow awesome! Can they do that to Lady Ga Ga`s microphone?

[Jerraph]

Don't forget the poison sockets.

[hitechguy18]

They also made a another safety ad evolving badly fitted and wiring of plugs.

- People still did it even after the adverts were shown on TV

-> Its why now all mains electrical appliances now come with fitted plugs.

[davidpar2]

120V shock over here is bad enough,,,can imagine what the 240V one feels like...

[lamplight5]

that guy didnt touch him. He touched the drill. Lol

[lizgannon]

Arghhhhh! Lol

[tribecatom]

I've never seen anything so stupid!

[Nintendavin]

The acting in this deserves an oscar.

[Xynok111]

Man were people really that fucking lazy that they couldn't change a plug? lol

[nessnes64]

why was he drilling into a hat?

[cardosolink]

Será que por isto que as máquinas no Brasil não têm em sua maioria cabo de aterramento he he .

[ooeyb]

he was also a baddie in dempsey and makepeace!

[Lamnont]

In america the ground wire is bellow the live wire for safety reasons.

[DStheDanny]

LMFAO at the second guy XD!!!

[hughezee]

me too lol-

hey doesnt that teach us how to make a dodgy plug

[DamnStraightM35A2]

Matches don't conduct electricity, dip shit.

[agfagaevart]

Hey!! It's that bloke who always in The Sweeney. "You're nicked son. Eh? Aaarrggh!!" Shouldn't have touched him you twat!!

[TashkentFox]

This is the campest PIF I've ever seen. Weren't those matches in the plug socket? I never knew that wood could conduct electricity.

[Dudunarf]

@TashkentFox noooo kiddin -.- he only used them to fix the wires in the socket

[CircleofShit]

Hahaha thats Little John from Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.

[kingalow1]

I knew those guys - worked on some projects for me back then - they were the worst in the business...

I was pleased when I saw this accident on TV

[longstonestudio]

I am so thankful for seeing this vid again. Not as disturbing as I recall. For some reason when I was a toddler I used to scream and cry like hell everytime this advert was on (the bit where he fell would make me have nightmares). Weird how stuff like this is much less scary as an adult. Kind of funny now I see it again. The fear has been lifted :)

Thanks.

[KOLSARNIT]

WHY DID THAT PRICK GRAB THE DRILLER?

[KOLSARNIT]

KNEELING ON A PLUG IS WORSE!!

[PoisonInc]

It looked like he was working on a top hat.

[longstonestudio]

Funny, thanks man did not notice until you said!

[alanlovedog]

were plugs really that expensive in the 70s ?

[MIKON8ERISBACK]

@alanlovedog They weren't expensive, some people were just lazy.

[cathburgerqueen]

@alanlovedog No, but in the UK we'd just changed over from the old 15A round pinned plugs to the new 13A square pinned plugs and for a while you often found yourself bodging back and forth from one to the other like this.

[aluminiumbikeframe]

hey am just sh'itting myself now bc i was putting a box away full of crap and there i didn't see the plug withno protection, just loads of wires hanging out and it caught my arm, it's left three huge scratch mark looking things just below my hand and i'm shitting myself T COULD HAVE KILLED ME

[djahriman]

lolololollllllllllllllllllllll­ll

[gherkin007]

ahh amateur! hes using mdf. use pinewood, idiot.

[optibull]

Simple cut the earth wire off and do away with it! Never learn!

[cripplewoox]

lol agrrhhhhh

[rubis945]

When Bodge Jobs Go Bad . . .

[NinaOPerez]

A Young Nick Brimble