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On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:41:30 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

>On 2024-11-28 13:14, Martin Brown wrote:
>
>...
>
>> One of my friends at university (at a top level institution) found 
>> himself holding a live plug a on Jesus lead left behind by a previous 
>> graduate student. The burns from that were horrific. Once attached you 
>> can't let go or move and burning human flesh doesn't smell good. He was 
>> probably only on for 30s before someone realised and disconnected him.
>
>What's a "Jesus lead"? I tried to google, but what I find are songs.

A "suicide cord" has a plug on one end and alligator clips on the
other. Very handy.