Urban legend is an urban legend.
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( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 28 May 2012, 18:19, 2 replies)

^ this ^

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 28 May 2012, 19:06, closed)

It may be an urban legend....
but it does happen. I saw a mate of mine do it. And it certainly causes a lot of swearing. Good job the fence buzzes its charge in short bursts.

Bloody funny though. The rest of us sat there laughing our heads off. While Simon was bent over double swearing.

We didn't know the fence was electrified. And it was at night. And yeah - it is weird how us men need something to aim at. If Simon had just aimed at the clear ground it wouldn't have been half as funny.
( Batter Pudding Hurler is a figment of your imagination, Mon 28 May 2012, 20:52, closed)

Yup, it does happen.
Hope was not imaginative enough to have invented this, and this was in the very early 80s before the internet. She said she witnessed it (that is, heard the screaming and saw her grandfather beat her dad for it), so I tend to believe her.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 28 May 2012, 20:57, closed)

Late 1980s
Late 1980s here. We were not actually watching Simon... but soon heard his reaction. And as you can imagine, when a group of teenagers have a choice between sympathy or laughter, there is only one real response.

The best part is the delay a fence has between jolts. So he was "settling in" to the flow when the fence suddenly bit him back.
( Batter Pudding Hurler is a figment of your imagination, Mon 28 May 2012, 21:28, closed)