Wet Ground Spark plug

[truckermike]

I was reading Bob Brownells Gunsmith Kinks II last night. He mentioned a "Wet-type fail safe spark plug grounding system"
I busted out laughing. I remember when I convinced Joey,my youngest brother to pee on the running lawnmower spark plug.

45 years later and the boy still aint right

 

[Stevens]

when I was about 9 or 10 in the back in 50's a some of us kids were fooling around with my Dad's reel type push lawn mower. one kid dared his brother to stick his finger in it with the reel spinning. Sure enough he did and about a 1/4 inch got chopped off. Their father was most upset with my Dad for not haveing the mower locked up so kids couldn't get to it. My Dad didn't pay any attention to him.
Steve
Steve

 

[NFrameFred]

Originally posted by Stevens:
when I was about 9 or 10 in the back in 50's a some of us kids were fooling around with my Dad's reel type push lawn mower. one kid dared his brother to stick his finger in it with the reel spinning. Sure enough he did and about a 1/4 inch got chopped off. Their father was most upset with my Dad for not haveing the mower locked up so kids couldn't get to it. My Dad didn't pay any attention to him.
Steve
Steve

These days your dad, the mower company, Briggs and Stratton, and the station that sold him the gas for the mower would be sued . . .

EDIT - sorry - just re-read the original post and perceived you were talking about an old non-engined rotary mower; still I stand by the general conclusion and comparison.

 

[Ogandydancer]

Hey Stevens when I was about 9 or 10 I had the same thing happen. It was however my own fault, I didn't think the mower was sharp enough and the blade didn't stop turning fast enough to suit me so I decided I would stop it. OOOuch

 

[pred]

Really? If you pee on a sparking plug I can get zapped?
Part of me just doesnt believe that And my lawn does need to be mowed in the next couple of days,,,,,,,,,,,,, I dont know what do do, I dont know if I'll be able to help myself.
Peter

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Girls; Don't try this expriment, please.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Originally posted by truckermike:
I was reading Bob Brownells Gunsmith Kinks II last night. He mentioned a "Wet-type fail safe spark plug grounding system"
I busted out laughing. I remember when I convinced Joey,my youngest brother to pee on the running lawnmower spark plug.

45 years later and the boy still aint right

reminds me of the time back in law school when we were at a friend's farm. He had an old Catahoula that was just downright mean. I asked him why the dog was so mean and he told me that when he was a pup he peed on an electric fence and everyone laughted at him-he still hadn't forgiven them

 

[rburg]

Long ago, and I'm guessing it was fall of 1969, my best buddy just got home from his 2nd tour of sunny southeast Asia. I asked him what he wanted to do, and he said "go squirrel hunting". OK, his day, his game.

So we did it the old fashioned way. We loaded up the truck with essentials and headed out. We had permission to hunt on an abandoned farm, overgrown but next to a working farm. We knew the owner well and had permission there too.

Our method was easy. Sling the 22s, each of us grabbed a handle on the cooler and up the old lane we went. Before dawn. When we got to our lunch spot, we put the cooler down in the usual spot and headed out. We only knew the general area each other was hunting, but we'd been hunting together in our teens and it was pretty safe.

We hunted for a few hours, but when the sun comes up, the tree rats stop moving. When I got back to the cooler he had just arrived. But we heard a racket of to one side. We walked over to look and it was a dead (very dead) cow. The crows had declared a feast.

So we moved the cooler over to a fence corner, set up shop behind an old stone wall. And like clockwork, we proceeded to drink ourselves silly. Part of the plan. But we also took an occasional shot at the brave crows when they'd land on the carcass. They'd all fly away, and we'd get back to serious drinking.

It didn't take long for my buddy to need to "offload" some of the liquid refreshments. He selected the fence post at the corner, and started the stream. When it made contact with the live conductor, he kind of got a real shock. The stream jumped up above the wire, and you could see terror in his eyes, knowing it was going to drop back on the wire again. Of course it did, a couple more times until he somehow managed to squeeze off the flow.

When he got done, his only comment was "damn, don't think I'll do that again." When we got around to telling the story a few days later, others commented I wasn't much of a friend for not helping him. Right. Just like he didn't have control of the stream, I didn't have control of my hysterical laughter. I was rolling on the ground. It might not have been the funniest thing I'd ever seen, but its in the top 5.

 

[Racegunner]

Originally posted by rburg:
It might not have been the funniest thing I'd ever seen, but its in the top 5.

I'd like to hear at least the top 3 someday when you have a chance. What could be funnier than peeing on an electric fence?

 

[Stevens]

Speaking of spark plugs:
Thibodeaux was sitting on the bank fishing when he heard a putt-putt (a skiff, usually with a single cyl Briggs) coming down the Bayou. Next he hears a scream, a huge splash, and saw Marie swimming like mad to the shore. She hit land got out of the water and ran down the path like a deer. As the putt putt got closer Thibodeaux saw his friend Boudreaux in it. He called "Mais Boudreaux, what happend to Marie?" Hey Thibodeaux, I do'n know, we were kissing a bit, Marie had her hand in the water, I put my hand on her knee an' we kiss some more, I moved my hand up to her --CENSORED -- she was exited an' whispered in my ear, Boudreaux, shut off the motor so we can have some quiet. So I reached back wit my free hand to kill it and don't I go an' grab dat spark plug wire instead!!

A Cajun joke cleaned up a bit
Steve

 

[babyboo]

Maybe peeing on the spinning blades would have been much worse if ya got a tad too close, I dont know about the rest of ya but I aint giving up a 1/4 inch of my peepee.