Comments on: #409 - Circuit http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/ new comics every monday through friday Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:18:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Psymon http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-73854 Psymon Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:23:12 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-73854 @Torg: Biff putting his finger between the prongs is too normal for Biff--knowing Biff, he probably managed to plug his fingers into the outlet once when he was little; although I'm not sure whether that involved Biff-style body modification or not. Maybe his tongue--"Biff realizes that electricity doesn't taste as good as he had hoped" @Torg: Biff putting his finger between the prongs is too normal for Biff–knowing Biff, he probably managed to plug his fingers into the outlet once when he was little; although I’m not sure whether that involved Biff-style body modification or not.
Maybe his tongue–”Biff realizes that electricity doesn’t taste as good as he had hoped”

]]> By: Torg http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-71158 Torg Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:34:11 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-71158 I was ten. It was dark. I wanted to plug in my GBA charger, but I couldn't see the outlet. So I felt around for it with my finger. I found it. Unfortunately, I failed to remove said finger before inserting the plug. That sounds like a Biff comic waiting to happen. "Biff realizes that, when plugging something in, he shouldn't put his finger between the prongs." I was ten. It was dark. I wanted to plug in my GBA charger, but I couldn’t see the outlet. So I felt around for it with my finger. I found it. Unfortunately, I failed to remove said finger before inserting the plug.

That sounds like a Biff comic waiting to happen. “Biff realizes that, when plugging something in, he shouldn’t put his finger between the prongs.”

]]> By: jykcor http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-70725 jykcor Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:21:05 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-70725 hey kiddies! dont whiz on the electric pen! new game from BLAMMO! makers of the LOG! hey kiddies!
dont whiz on the electric pen!
new game from BLAMMO!
makers of the LOG!

]]> By: biggo http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-70588 biggo Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:38:43 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-70588 There's a story going around here, I don't know if it's a urban legend but it's funny: two men at work on the railroad electric line, early in the morning, nobody around; the younger one is collecting tools from his toolbox and when he looks up he sees the other standing next to the high voltage box, one arm on the box, and shaking like he's being getting a shock. So the guy takes a hammer, runs to the old pal and hits his arm as hard as he can to detach him from the power source; a broken arm, but a life saved. Turns out that the old man was only peeing. :-D There’s a story going around here, I don’t know if it’s a urban legend but it’s funny:
two men at work on the railroad electric line, early in the morning, nobody around; the younger one is collecting tools from his toolbox and when he looks up he sees the other standing next to the high voltage box, one arm on the box, and shaking like he’s being getting a shock. So the guy takes a hammer, runs to the old pal and hits his arm as hard as he can to detach him from the power source; a broken arm, but a life saved.
Turns out that the old man was only peeing. :-D

]]> By: AdmiralChaos http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-61063 AdmiralChaos Mon, 12 May 2008 04:26:15 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-61063 back in 9th grade, i shoved a paper clip (attached to an eraser on a pencil) into a wall socket in biology, last day of school. somehow, nobody noticed the audible "thoom" and the bright orange sparks that exploded out of the socket... it wouldnt work twice though :( back in 9th grade, i shoved a paper clip (attached to an eraser on a pencil) into a wall socket in biology, last day of school. somehow, nobody noticed the audible “thoom” and the bright orange sparks that exploded out of the socket… it wouldnt work twice though :(

]]> By: WarpZone http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-52243 WarpZone Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:29:07 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-52243 Oh, I get it now. Shockling bills. Took me a while. That one was kinda subtle by Biff's standards. :D One time when I was 12, I came in from outside during the summer, and the curtians were drawn soI turned on a lamp. Nothing happened. So I turned the knob two more clicks, and it still wouldn't turn on. Then I suspected the bulb was burned out, so I reached up to uncrew it and go find a new one. Well, like I said, I had just come inside from the bright sun, so I figured the reason I couldn't see the bulb was because it was just too dark. I squinted and reached further. Then my entire body started vibrating very rapidly. It actually felt kinda good for the first second or so. Then the tingle started to get warm and painful, and I realized I was being electrocuted. That thought broke the stunned trance I was in and allowed me to yank my finger out of the socket. It came out reflex-fast, and then my fingertip started to hurt as if I had burned it. Funny how that worked, I thought. No other pain than at the point of contact. Interesting! Then I screamed until my mother came running. Oh, I get it now. Shockling bills. Took me a while. That one was kinda subtle by Biff’s standards. :D

One time when I was 12, I came in from outside during the summer, and the curtians were drawn soI turned on a lamp. Nothing happened. So I turned the knob two more clicks, and it still wouldn’t turn on. Then I suspected the bulb was burned out, so I reached up to uncrew it and go find a new one.

Well, like I said, I had just come inside from the bright sun, so I figured the reason I couldn’t see the bulb was because it was just too dark. I squinted and reached further.

Then my entire body started vibrating very rapidly. It actually felt kinda good for the first second or so. Then the tingle started to get warm and painful, and I realized I was being electrocuted.

That thought broke the stunned trance I was in and allowed me to yank my finger out of the socket. It came out reflex-fast, and then my fingertip started to hurt as if I had burned it. Funny how that worked, I thought. No other pain than at the point of contact. Interesting! Then I screamed until my mother came running.

]]> By: nathan http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-50891 nathan Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:33:01 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-50891 Oh, and I forgot: I've been shocked a few times. The one I remember best is when I was living with a family in a village in Nicaragua. Just to give you an idea of how high class the wiring was: Every couple weeks we went out to hang a wire over the line that led to a neighborhood (or maybe a house? I don't know) because the electric company would come by and cut it down. Naturally, all the wiring was homemade. The light in the house I was staying in was an electrical wire hanging from the ceiling, with a lightbulb socket jimmied on, and a pulb screwed in. I don't remember the switching mechanism, but a couple times when I tried to turn it off or on I got an exciting little shock. Oh, and I forgot: I’ve been shocked a few times. The one I remember best is when I was living with a family in a village in Nicaragua.

Just to give you an idea of how high class the wiring was: Every couple weeks we went out to hang a wire over the line that led to a neighborhood (or maybe a house? I don’t know) because the electric company would come by and cut it down. Naturally, all the wiring was homemade.

The light in the house I was staying in was an electrical wire hanging from the ceiling, with a lightbulb socket jimmied on, and a pulb screwed in. I don’t remember the switching mechanism, but a couple times when I tried to turn it off or on I got an exciting little shock.

]]> By: nathan http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-50890 nathan Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:29:03 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-50890 @ Draq: I don't think it's (usually) about proving masculinity, per se. I think part of it is testing yourself, seeing what you can take. Or perhaps proving to yourself that you can withstand... whatever it is. On the other hand, it's also just cool. Blowing things up? Awesome. Having a weapon used on you without any long-term ill-effects? Awesome. And part of it is just sheer masochism. @ Draq:

I don’t think it’s (usually) about proving masculinity, per se. I think part of it is testing yourself, seeing what you can take. Or perhaps proving to yourself that you can withstand… whatever it is.

On the other hand, it’s also just cool. Blowing things up? Awesome. Having a weapon used on you without any long-term ill-effects? Awesome.

And part of it is just sheer masochism.

]]> By: Fred http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-43725 Fred Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:50:03 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-43725 @A Person Who Is Too Lazy To Come Up With A Creative Name: it seems it is plugged to the wall and... it powers... a led blinky? my sister has a pen wit a blinky on the end, but it's battery-powered @A Person Who Is Too Lazy To Come Up With A Creative Name:
it seems it is plugged to the wall
and… it powers… a led blinky?
my sister has a pen wit a blinky on the end, but it’s battery-powered

]]> By: A Person Who Is Too Lazy To Come Up With A Creative Name http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-42060 A Person Who Is Too Lazy To Come Up With A Creative Name Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:27:10 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/12/28/409-circuit/#comment-42060 Does that pen have a battery? And if so, what does the battery power in the pen? Does that pen have a battery? And if so, what does the battery power in the pen?

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