Tuesday, August 17, 2004

I feel the pain of everyone ..

This weekend involved a celebration of the Olympics; our very own Olympics involving golf, the 110metres, pool events, and much much more.

One of these quality events was - of course - electric shock roulette.

"Lucky" Dave had brought this fantastic device with him.

For those that don't know, electric shock roulette is a metallic disk with 4 ports that the contestants put their fingers in. A loud beeping then ensues and eventually one lucky punter gets a small electric shock. Fun, yes?!

You can see one here.

One of the first volunteers to play was our boy Ralph. We hit start and giggled. The beeps went for a bit and then stopped.

Nothing!

"Did anyone get shocked?" we asked.

"yes, it was me" says Ralph like nothing had happened.

We thought the toy must a dud until playing it again provoked much yelping and cursing by the shockee.

At that point we had much respect for Ralph:

Did he really shrug it off? .. yes, I guess he did.

Did it really not hurt?

You decide.