my dad said....
....here hold this.

I was 3 or 4. I held it.

What i didnt know was that he wanted to see if a spark was coming through the spark lead to the spark plug on one of those old suffolk punch lawn mowers.

So, when dear ole dad cranked the mower over, i got 3 or 4 belts up me arm that nearly broke my elbow.

My dads excuse? Well years later when we were "laughing" about it, he said that as it was a bright sunny day, he couldnt see the spark when he earthed the lead out to the mower body. A young child jumping up and down can evidently be clearly seen on a bright sunny day though!

Good old dad, wouldnt swap him for the world, but i guess it was a dumb thing to do. Not him doing that to me, but me holding onto the lead in the first place!

I have some catching up to do with my own kids now...

Length? I jumped about 12 inches as i recall.....
(i AM that masked man Book him Tonto, Fri 21 Dec 2007, 0:36, 3 replies)

do we
share a father... evidently the logic in fatherhood with their first born should be towards the sides of preservation...

not up here...
(feedingtimeatthezoo day 1 of his bikini diet started, Fri 21 Dec 2007, 1:42, closed)

you could be onto something there....
as i am the second born son! Yikes!
(i AM that masked man Book him Tonto, Fri 21 Dec 2007, 18:42, closed)

I do up similar engines for a hobby
Or have. I have run out of brother gullible enough to "just hold that". When desperate I do it to myself. Perfectly safe, there is sod all current. Unless you have electronic ignition, which apparently can be more serious.
( Greenbat, Sun 23 Dec 2007, 22:29, closed)