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# woo
question : why does the UK have such incredibly LARGE plugs / sockets. I don't get it. They're massive. I think we must have the largest plugs in the world.
(, Mon 12 Sep 2005, 10:45, archived)
# because we bother to earth appliances?
(, Mon 12 Sep 2005, 10:46, archived)
# this^^
and fuse them, often.
(, Mon 12 Sep 2005, 10:46, archived)
# yep, true
those 2 pin jobbies are all wobbly anyway.

2 pins bad, 3 pins good.
(, Mon 12 Sep 2005, 10:59, archived)
# Its so they hurt more
when you step on them with bare feet.
Good for moral fibre.
(, Mon 12 Sep 2005, 10:47, archived)
# and FUCKING painful
(, Mon 12 Sep 2005, 10:47, archived)
# If they're one and the same, does that mean self harming emo kids are very moral indeed?
(, Mon 12 Sep 2005, 10:53, archived)
# no
it means they are not earthed.
(, Mon 12 Sep 2005, 11:01, archived)
# That's also the same
reason why socks were invented!
(, Mon 12 Sep 2005, 10:49, archived)
# plug, sock, shoe
is like paper, scissors, stone

`cept shoe always wins
(, Mon 12 Sep 2005, 10:53, archived)
# Safety
We have the least plug/socket related accidents in the world I think, because of all the designed in safety features.
(, Mon 12 Sep 2005, 10:56, archived)