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Author Topic: New product for those who enjoy electricity Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-27-2008 08:47 PM                        Vilcus dactyloadapter was developed specially for people who enjoy closing electrical circuits with their own fingers. Many people get a kick out of direct contact with AC power supply. To that end, people normally use U-shaped fragments of bare wire, paper clips or even usual metal forks. All these gimmicks are unreliable, short-lived and, most importantly, tend to cause short-circuit failure or even inflammation. Two convenient holes wide apart can accept even large fingers Vilcus does not itself consume power, so you can leave it plugged till next time. Copper plates located in the sockets ensure proper contact. Avid travelers will appreciate the replaceable plugs—for European and American sockets—that are part of the standard package. For group sessions, Vilcus users may obtain Rozetkus power strip.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-27-2008 08:53 PM                     If this product turns out to be a bit hit (which I think it will) I want to put in an option to patent the Vilcus Peckerloadapter. It's an upgrade from the two-digit input design. The new three-digit adapter accepts two finger sized inputs and a pecker sized input for the expressively masochistic customer.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-27-2008 10:36 PM                     I have a hard time believing it to be true. The clincher is the last picture. It would be impossible to plug those things in, both vertically and horizontally, and still be able to get a shock from it unless you bridged the contacts with both hands or unless two or more people joined hands. If you did that you'd be passing electricity through your body, not just your fingers. Somebody could die very easily. I just can't get this past the BS detector.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-27-2008 11:12 PM                     Dude. It's just a joke. Um, it's late...I think I'm gonna fall asl...  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-28-2008 12:37 AM                        quote: Bobby Henderson Dude. It's just a joke. Still, you just know there are a few idiots out there who would try it...and like it.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-28-2008 12:38 AM                        So what would happen if you put a finger from your left hand in one hole and a finger from your right hand in the right hole? Heart stoppage?  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-28-2008 06:25 AM                        Eyeball poppage!  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-28-2008 07:10 AM                     Why bother with a device like that when an ordinary lamp would offer the same effect? Just remove the light bulb and poke your finger in the empty socket. Weee!  |  IP: Logged Robert Minichino Master Film Handler Posts: 350 From: Haskell, NJ, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 10-28-2008 07:22 AM                        Randy, that power strip is real (or at least serious), the neutral/hot contacts are staggered in each row. The finger adapter is an April Fool's joke, though (the site has release date of 01.04.2007, which in D/M/Y format is April 1).  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 10-28-2008 07:40 AM                     To paraphrase Amos 'N Andy: Put your finger in the socket and let me know if you feel the tingle.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-28-2008 07:57 AM                       quote: Joe Redifer what would happen if you put a finger from your left hand in one hole and a finger from your right hand in the right hole? Well, it would certainly go across your heart. The amount of current would depend on your body resistance, but it doesn't take much to cause fibrillation. In an old GCC house back in the mid-80s, I was sweating in the Houston summer while modifying a Mark X automation, and got across the 120V line momentarily. It wasn't good. I tasted copper and was disoriented for several minutes.  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 10-28-2008 11:08 AM                     Hey, wait a minute! I think I smell a patent infringement case here! This is very similar to the "Jiffy Fuse Tester" I invented several years ago. It works like this- 1) Plug it in. 2) If the fuse blows, it was good.  |  IP: Logged Alan Gouger Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 501 From: Bradenton, FL, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-28-2008 12:00 PM                        This reminds me of the episode on MythBusters where they urinated on an electric fence. The myth was busted, you do not get a shock. Unless your this guy http://www.videosift.com/video/Peeing-On-An-Electric-Fence  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-28-2008 01:09 PM                     Let me rephrase... I have a hard time suspending disbelief long enough for the joke to be funny. But then, there are enough people out there who would try to buy one.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 10-28-2008 01:50 PM                        Is it UL approved?  |  IP: Logged

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