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A Shocking Tale!

     Phoolish Phred, who phailed to listen during physics class, was standing in water while trying to fix an outlet. The water provided a path to ground through Phred's body. Poor Phred.

     Well, maybe there's a chance to save him. While you calculate Phred's resistance, I'll go run for the fuse box to turn off the 200 milliamps of current passing through his body. The potential difference across Phred's phinger and his phoot is 120 volts, by the way!

Finger in socket
 

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