#2000 volts

[tonyrossmcmahon]

The Electric Chair and Thomas Edison

How the electric chair was used by Thomas Edison in 1890 to discredit a commercial rival while sending a murderer up in smoke

The 1880s saw intense competition between two electricity giants to convince millions of Americans that their version of the electric current was the safest. In what has to be one of the dirtiest tricks in corporate history, the industrial magnate and inventor Thomas Edison made sure his competitor’s current was used to power the new fangled electric chair. A means of execution intended to be…

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[kobold-hoebold]

So my friend and I have an inside joke as of today. Here's one instance of it:

Transmitter: it looks like a toilet

Transmitter: but it's actually

Transmitter and receiver in unison: A THIRTY TWO THOUSAND VOLT TAZER

Example 2

It looks like a bowl of ice cream

But it's actually

A THIRTY TWO THOUSAND VOLT TAZER

Final example

It looks like a thirty thousand volt tazer

But it's actually

A THIRTY TWO THOUSAND VOLT TAZER

[locksmiths-holiday]

yes you can sing about your 6up 5oh copout will wood stuff, but /I/ want to be the one singing and narrating you when you get to the electric chair

[thetemplarknight]

The Electric Chair and Thomas Edison

How the electric chair was used by Thomas Edison in 1890 to discredit a commercial rival while sending a murderer up in smoke

The 1880s saw intense competition between two electricity giants to convince millions of Americans that their version of the electric current was the safest. In what has to be one of the dirtiest tricks in corporate history, the industrial magnate and inventor Thomas Edison made sure his competitor’s current was used to power the new fangled electric chair. A means of execution intended to be…

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[kirch]

Fun with a few 9V batteries. (244 of them) (by jersagfast)

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2000 Volts - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

[shuvva]

The way the legend goes, Is he was executed shortly after midnight Some witnesses say he seemed to be enjoying himself One witness said he died with a smile on his face He was one bad, bad man

2000 Volts - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

[erinystheunseen-blog]

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Driven home in a car playing Nicki Minaj

Trying desperately to class up my afternoon with some hot jaaaaazzzzz

"He got a hundred years, 

And the electric chair 

His final words were, I don't care"

Love this song.